"<span>Rust Belt" is a term for upper Northeastern United States region and other like the Great Lakes, and the Midwest States, referring to economic
decline, population loss, and urban decay due to the shrinking
of its once powerful industrial sector.</span>
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The tectonic plates are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on the edge overcomes the friction, there is an earthquake that releases energy in waves that travel through the earth's crust and cause the shaking that we feel.
