Because Minnesotans dont live near a neighboring plate tectonic!
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Michigan sits in the middle of the North American Plate, so it is not located near any active tectonic plate boundaries where earthquakes typically occur. Although Michigan has experienced some minor seismic activity in the past, it is not prone to large earthquakes due to its stable location within the interior of a tectonic plate.
Earthquakes
Spreading center earthquakes are always shallow, subduction zone earthquakes can be very deep.Spreading center earthquakes are typically of lower magnitude than subduction zone earthquakes.
Intraplate earthquakes occur farther inland than other earthquakes. These earthquakes occur within a tectonic plate, away from plate boundaries where most earthquakes typically occur. Intraplate earthquakes can be caused by ancient faults or stress within the plate itself.
Yes. Earthquakes of SOME intensity happen SOMEWHERE every day. There were 2 strong earthquakes today, one in Italy, one in Tonga. The running tally for 26 October 2016 from earthquaketrack.com:99 earthquakes today681 earthquakes in the past 7 days3,156 earthquakes in the past month41,088 earthquakes in the past year
the major landforms are the plateaus, the plains and the mountains