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What are the tectonic plates called which made the Haiti earthquake?
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∙ 13y ago
The Caribbean plate and the North American plate.
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What were the haiti earthquake plates called?
Miloplates
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 was the tectonic hazard of haiti?
Earthquake.
What type of earthquake hit Haiti?
Haiti was a conservative (AKA transforming) earthquake, were tow tectonic plates move past each other causing friction, on of them gives rapid shaking is caused making an earth quake.7.0
Was the Haiti earthquake caused by destructive plate boundaries?
The Haitian earthquake that occurred in January 2010 was caused by a transform boundary where two tectonic plates were sliding past each other. For more information please see the related question.
What tectonic plates caused haiti's earthquake?
I think it was the Caribbean plate and the cocos plate.
What were the haiti earthquake plates called?
Miloplates
What type of earthquake did Haiti suffer?
It was a conservative earthquake caused by tectonic plates under ground, that rub together to make friction.
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 was the tectonic hazard of haiti?
Earthquake.
Did the Haiti earthquake happen?
Yes, there are, though there tend to be more hurricanes than earthquakes per year.
How did the earthquake start in haiti?
By plates.
What type of earthquake hit Haiti?
Haiti was a conservative (AKA transforming) earthquake, were tow tectonic plates move past each other causing friction, on of them gives rapid shaking is caused making an earth quake.7.0
How did the Haiti earthquake affect THE LAND?
Haiti's earthquake has effected it's future in so many ways that i think there will be more than over 100 earthquakes that will happen in the future
What type of tectonic interaction did haiti earthquake have?
Slidding transformation
How did hati happen?
2 of the undersuface tectonic plates collided just under haiti. this made an earthquake. as they skraped away from each other an aftershock was made
What plates caused the Haiti earthquake?
That would be the North American and Caribbean Plates. The earthquake happened on 12th January 2010
