Earthquakes: Continental vs. Oceanic Crust - Where They Occur
No, earthquakes can occur in both continental and oceanic crust. While earthquakes are often associated with plate boundaries, which are primarily located at the edges of continents, they can also happen within continental interiors and in oceanic regions. Oceanic earthquakes can occur due to movements along oceanic faults, such as the transform faults that offset oceanic ridges or the subduction zones where one plate descends beneath another.