Why Earth is the only planet with plate tectonics

Terrestrially, plate tectonics are a vital part of Earth’s evolution. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:630/0*HCkRcMTnvk66gjeu" style="height:371px; width:700px" /> This map of Earth shows, in black, the more than 300,000 earthquake epicenters identified from 1964-present. The earthquake locations clearly trace out a number of “lines” on the map, which correspond to a number of boundaries between tectonic plates here on our planet. (<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308023935_JAPAN_EARTHQUAKE_OF_MARCH_11-2011_AND_ASSOCIATED_EFFECTS" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Credit</a>: A. El-Aziz Khairy Ebd el-aal, Egyptian National Seismological Network, 2011) <a href="https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/why-earth-is-the-only-planet-with-plate-tectonics-8b576b08907b">Read More</a>