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What is primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?
Convergent and transform boundaries
What kind of boundaries can cause earthquakes and volcanoes?
Earthquakes can occur at any type of plate boundary, but the most powerful earthquakes tend to occur at convergent boundaries and at transform boundaries.
How do convergent and transform boundaries cause earthquakes?
It can cause earthquakes, volcanoes, oceanic trenches, mountains, tsunamis, and subduction.
Can convergent boundaries cause earthquakes?
yes they can because they run into each other
What type of plate boundary produces strong earthquakes?
Any type of plate boundary can cause an earthquake. That said, areas along convergent, divergent, and transform tectonic plate boundaries are the most likely places for earthquakes to occur.
What plate boundary can cause volcanoes?
What type of boundaries cause volcanoes? Divergent and transform fault boundaries cause volcanoes because they separate. Convergent boundaries cause earthquakes because they collide with other plates.
What four types of plate movements can cause earthquakes?
The four types of plate movements that can cause earthquakes are convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, transform boundaries, and subduction zones. These movements can result in the buildup of stress within the Earth's crust, which may eventually be released in the form of an earthquake.
What type of plate boundary with the most occurrences of earthquake?
The type of plate boundary with the most occurrences of earthquakes is the convergent boundary, where two tectonic plates collide. The intense pressure and stress caused by the collision can result in frequent seismic activity and powerful earthquakes.
Why do geological processes that occur at convergent boundaries vary?
because the way the plates move cause different processes to occur and covergent boundaries such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and rivers/oceans
How do the plate boundaries cause or contribute to hazards?
Plate boundaries can cause hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. At convergent boundaries, where plates collide, the intense pressure can lead to earthquakes and volcanic activity. Transform boundaries, where plates slide past each other, can also cause earthquakes. Additionally, divergent boundaries, where plates move apart, can result in volcanic eruptions and earthquakes as magma rises to the surface.
what structures are created at each type of convergent boundaries?
Convergent boundaries are where two tectonic plates hit each other. This can cause earthquakes, but can also create mountains.
Where do earthquakes and volcanos occur?
Volcanoes tend to form at convergent tectonic plate boundaries where subduction is occurring (such as the western coast of South America) and at divergent plate boundaries where two tectonic plates are moving apart (e.g. the Mid-Atlantic-Ridge and Iceland). Earthquakes also occur at convergent boundaries and in fact these tend to cause the strongest earthquakes. Earthquakes also occur at transform boundaries (such as the San Andreas fault) however these do not tend to cause the formation of volcanoes. So to find volcanoes and large earthquakes you should be looking at convergent plate boundaries where subduction is occurring.
