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What is located in the Pacific-North American Plate Boundary?
For the most part, the boundary between the North American and Pacific Plates is a transform boundary, where two plates are sliding and grinding past each other. by pm of 10 d 33
Is the Pacific Plate sliding past the North American plate?
Yes, it is. It is called the San Andreas Fault, where it is a transform plate boundary.
Do earthquakes occur in California?
Yes they occur in California because the Pacific and the North American plates are sliding past one another.
Why are there earthquakes in the region of pacific plate and north America plan despite the absence of volcanoes?
The Pacific plate is sliding past the North American plate.Both move in same direction, but the Pacific plate is moving faster.The result is earthquakes now and then-but no volcanoes.
Are northern plates are moving in same directions to meet in California?
The North American and Pacific plates are sliding past each other in a more or less north-south direction.
What kind of tectonic boundary is found in Washington state and around most of the pacific ocean?
It's a subduction zone. The Pacific Plate to the west is sliding under the North American plate to the east.
Is the pacific ocean on the north American plate?
no its on the pacific plate
Where is San Andres Fault located?
The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It slices California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego, Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco, Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate.
What tectonic process is ongoing between Baja California and the Mexico?
Baja California is on the Pacific Plate and across the Gulf of California, the rest of Mexico is on the North American plate. Both plates are sliding, in a way that the Pacific Plate is moving to the northwest while the North American Plate is moving southeast. This is called a transform boundary between both plates.
What oceans is west of north and South America?
The Pacific Ocean is west of the North and South American continents.
What fault is located between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate?
The fault between the North American plate and the Pacific plate is the San Andreas Fault.
What plate boundary is san Francisco located on?
San Francisco is located on the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, known as the San Andreas Fault. This is a transform plate boundary, where the two plates are sliding past each other horizontally.
