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The cross section below shows the location of earthquakes near a plate boundary. this distribution of earthquakes near the plate boundary is most likely caused by

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Answer:

subduction of a crustal plate

Explanation: Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries. Where the oceanic lithosphere of a tectonic plate converges with the less dense lithosphere of a second plate, the heavier plate dives beneath the second plate and sinks into the mantle.