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Most of Earth's volcanoes are on the seafloor
The greatest number of Earth's volcanoes occur on the ocean floor.
Why it is true
Eruptions do not happen at random. Sixty percent of all active volcanoes sit at the boundaries between tectonic plates, where the plates spread apart, collide, or slide past each other.
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