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Is haiti on a boundary between two plates or in the middle of one plate?
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What plate is Haiti on?
Haiti is on the boundary of two tectonic plates, the North American plate and the Caribbean plate. The shifting of these plates is what caused the massive 7 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010.
What kind of fault line is Haiti situated on?
Haiti is situated on a transform boundary also known as a strike slip fault zone between the Caribbean and North American plates. Please see the related question for more information.
What are the names of the 2 tectonic plates on which Haiti is located?
Haiti is located near the northern boundary of the Caribbean plate, close to where it meets the North American plate. Please see the related link and question.
How did Haiti get an earthquake?
Because going through the middle of haiti is a fault line so he fault line causes earthquakes when the two plates on each side move.
What plate boundary is Haiti found on?
Haiti is on Carribean plate
What are the plates of Haiti that collide?
Haiti is located near a transform boundary between the North American and Caribbean plate. As such they do not collide but slide past each other.
What type of plate is formed when plates slide past each other?
The type of boundary that is formed when two plates slide past each other is called a Strike- Slip boundary. One example of a Strike- slip boundary is California it is located on San Andreas Fault. This caused some of the major earthquake's, which center was located in San Francisco which aused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake that reached a magnitude of 7.9. Strike- Slip boundary's are very common for there earthquakes. When the plates get stuck they start to produce friction that causes the plates to move and also an earthquake to start. Another example of a Strike- Slip boundary is in Haiti. Haiti is split down the middle of there country. When the plats got stuck they started producing friction causing Haiti to have very bad Earthquakes.
What plate is Haiti on?
Haiti is on the boundary of two tectonic plates, the North American plate and the Caribbean plate. The shifting of these plates is what caused the massive 7 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010.
What kind of fault line is Haiti situated on?
Haiti is situated on a transform boundary also known as a strike slip fault zone between the Caribbean and North American plates. Please see the related question for more information.
Was the Haiti earthquake predicted?
Yes, marking the boundary between the North American and Caribbean plates. The portion of this boundary that Haiti is located on is given the name the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone.
What are the names of the 2 tectonic plates on which Haiti is located?
Haiti is located near the northern boundary of the Caribbean plate, close to where it meets the North American plate. Please see the related link and question.
Does Haiti have earthquakes?
I think it is because Haiti lies on a fault line between two plates-the north american and caribbean.
What is the diff between a natural and political boundary?
A natural boundary is often times a body of water such as a river. Between the US and Mexico, part of the boundary between these two countries is the Rio Grand River. A political boundary is one created by a treaty or some type of political agreement between two countries. For example, the Dominican Republic and Haiti are on the same island. The boundary between them is a political one established when France ruled Haiti and Spain ruled the Dominican Republic.
How did Haiti get an earthquake?
Because going through the middle of haiti is a fault line so he fault line causes earthquakes when the two plates on each side move.
What plate boundary is Haiti found on?
Haiti is on Carribean plate
What type of plate boundary is Haiti on?
Haiti is located on a transform boundary that separates the Caribbean plate and the North American plate.
Was the earthquake in Haiti caused by a transform boundary or a convergent boundary?
The earthquake in Haiti was caused by movement on a transform boundary. For more information, please see the related question.
