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The Ruapehu volcano, and indeed all of the Taupo Volcanic Zone arises as a result of subduction of the Pacific plate under the Australian plate. Thus the volcanic activity occurs on the edge of the Australian Plate.gns.org.nz has on their website, an excellent depiction of deep earthquakes in New Zealand.
A sub-duction zone.
The Ruapehu volcano, and indeed all of the Taupo Volcanic Zone arises as a result of subduction of the Pacific plate under the Australian plate. Thus the volcanic activity occurs on the edge of the Australian Plate.gns.org.nz has on their website, an excellent depiction of deep earthquakes in New Zealand.
The Falcon Volcano on the Tonga Islands are in the Indo-Australian Plate- a convergent boundary.
The convergent boundary?
The Volcano Villarica is on a converging plate boundary.
convergent plate boundary
The cotopaxi volcano sits on the pacific plate.
I think the plate boundary is in the subduction zone.
Transform Boundary
Convergent plate boundary.(:
Its a convergent boundary. The pacific plate collides with the Philippines Oceanic plate