When two tectonic plates slide past each other does it create volcanoes?

Lithospheric plates slide past each other. In California, the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate are sliding past each other along the San Andreas Fault. A fault is a crack or break in Earth's crust along which movement has occured. The average rate of movement along the San Andreas Fault is five centimeters per year. However, some have not moved for over a century. These are thought to be the most likely places for future earthquakes.