Are earthquakes and volcanic activity closely related?

Earthquakes and volcanic activity are best friends who often play together underground.

Imagine you have a big jar full of jellybeans, that's like the Earth’s inside. When the jellybeans get squeezed or shifted, it can make rumbles, that’s an earthquake. Sometimes, when the jellybeans melt and come out, it's like a volcano erupting!

Volcanoes are like earthquakes' cousins who live near the edges of the Earth’s plates. When these plates move or collide, it can shake things up, that’s an earthquake! But if the pressure builds up and the melted jellybean stuff (called magma) wants to come out, boom, a volcano erupts.

Think of them like two kids who always sit together on the bus. The same thing that causes one often causes the other. If you feel an earthquake near a volcano, it might mean the volcano is about to do something exciting, like blow its top!