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The western side near the Pacific Ocean is sliding north relative to the eastern side inland, with no significant vertical movement.
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What is a boundary of an earthquake?
a transform boundary makes the earthquakes stupidd
What is a fault makes California an area of high risk for earthquakes?
Andreas fault.
How far north and south does san Andreas fault go?
St Andreas fault makes up the boundary between North American plates and the Pacific Ocean. It is 850 miles (1370 km) long, along the western coast of California from Cape Mendocino in the north to just south of the Salton Sea near the US-Mexico border.
How does the San Andreas fault work to cause earthquakes?
Poo. :) Joking, just google it, Yahoo Answers has good answers about it Example: San Andreas is a transform fault with two plates sliding past each other. There is also a large bend in the fault (around the LA area). Basically, since these are large rocky plates and not water or something else slippery, they get stuck and tension builds up. When that tension is released as the plates slip, you get an earthquake. The bend makes it more difficult for the plates to slide past each other, which creates more tension, which is why there is such potential for the "big one."
The difference between a transform and convergent boundary?
Convergent Boundary is a result of two tectonic plates colliding. Divergent boundary is the process where to tectonic plates move away from each other. if two tectonic plates move away from each other (diverge), each will collide with another plate (converge) on the opposite side of the divergent boundary, forming a convergent boundary with another tectonic plate.
What kind of boundary makes up the San Andreas fault?
Conservative. The plates are sliding past each other (relatively speaking - I believe they are actually going in the same direction but one is moving faster than the other)
What kind of boundray makes up the San Andres Fault?
a transform boundary.
What it is called when 2 plates towards each other?
it makes a fault, i think that's what it's called too Nope, it's a transform boundary. yup transform boundary
What is it called when 2 plates slide past each other?
It is called transform boundaries.An earthquake
What is a boundary of an earthquake?
a transform boundary makes the earthquakes stupidd
Fault that makes California an area of high risk for earthquakes?
The San Andreas fault
What is a fault makes California an area of high risk for earthquakes?
Andreas fault.
What kind of fault makes rocks move past each other?
Transform fault
What kind of plate boundary is Turkey on?
It is on the Anatolian Plate.......Which makes it a Transform plate....I think.
How far north and south does san Andreas fault go?
St Andreas fault makes up the boundary between North American plates and the Pacific Ocean. It is 850 miles (1370 km) long, along the western coast of California from Cape Mendocino in the north to just south of the Salton Sea near the US-Mexico border.
What happens when tectonic plates slide past each other?
What occurs when the plates slide each other is a boundary forming. this boundary is called a transform boundary.
How does the San Andreas fault work to cause earthquakes?
Poo. :) Joking, just google it, Yahoo Answers has good answers about it Example: San Andreas is a transform fault with two plates sliding past each other. There is also a large bend in the fault (around the LA area). Basically, since these are large rocky plates and not water or something else slippery, they get stuck and tension builds up. When that tension is released as the plates slip, you get an earthquake. The bend makes it more difficult for the plates to slide past each other, which creates more tension, which is why there is such potential for the "big one."
