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They move at centimeters per year.
1 meter = 100 centimeters 1 year = 365 days 1cm/day*1meter / 100 centimeters *365 days/ 1 year = 3.65 meters per year or 1 meter per year = (1/3.65) cm/day
1 meter = 100 centimeters4.5 meters = 450 centimeters(450 centimeters) / (9 centimeters per year) = 50 years
(3,500 kilometers) x (1,000 meters per kilometer) x (100 centimeters per meter) / (3.5 centimeters per year) =100,000,000 (one hundred million) years
about 5 centimeters per year
5 centimeters per year
2.5 centimeters per year
2.5 centimeters per year
about 2.2 centimeters
5 centimeters.
I get 0.00000000133 meter per second. (rounded)
The earth's plates move slowly because how big the earthquake is he bigger the amount the plates will move and the slower the earthquake is the less it moves.