Fact 1: Tectonic plates being pushed together causes earthquakes.

Fact 2: Most of the tectonic activity associated with plate tectonics occurs at or near plate margins.

Given the two facts above, answer the question "Where on plates do earthquakes most often occur? " with the following options: 
- The area was once underwater
 - near the shoreline
 - away from tectonic plates
 - permineralization
 - at or near the margins
 - in the center
 - Inches or fractions of inches.
 - deep under water


 

     at or near the margins    