because volcanoes are ussually found at plate boundaries can eathquakes affect the activity of volcanoes

Question: because volcanoes are ussually found at plate boundaries can eathquakes affect the activity of volcanoes
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  activity,
  affect,
  boundary,
  eathquake,
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  volcanoe
Asked by amber17 to David on 23 Mar 2011 in Categories: General.
- David Pyle answered on 23 Mar 2011:
  
  Good question! Yes, they can. What we saw after the Japan quake, and have seen after other very large quakes too, is that quakes can shake volcanoes hard enough to start a small eruption. We don’t really know why, though it does sound obvious, and this is something I am looking into at the moment.

Question: because volcanoes are ussually found at plate boundaries can eathquakes affect the activity of volcanoes