answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

It was the Eurasian and the Philippine plates that moved and caused the earthquake in Kobe.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What plates caused the Kobe earthquake?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What 2 tectonic plates caused the Kobe earthquake?

The Phillipene and the Eurashian


What were the Kobe earthquake plates called?

There was the Eurasian, Pacific and Philippine plates.


What tectonic plates caused the earthquake?

PLATES


What two plates caused the earthquake?

Assuming you are talking about the earthquake in Japan, the two plates are the Pacific and the Asian plates.


What caused the assisi earthquake?

plates moved


What caused the Japanese earthquake and tsuname?

Tectonic plates caused the earthquake, the Pacific and North American plate were rubbing against each other, and this caused the earthquake. the earthquake caused the Tsunami.


How is tidal energy made?

it is caused by the shocks of an earthquake and the earthquake is caused by the movements of the plates at the bottom of the earth


What volcanic explosion was caused by the Kobe Earthquake?

the Kobe earthquake wasn't caused by a volcanic explsion, yes it occured at a destructive plate margine where the phillipine plate subducted under the eurasian plate but no vulcanism occured, the friction caused by the subduction caused the earthquake which has been identified to have a strike slip mechanism


What plates caused the Haiti earthquake?

That would be the North American and Caribbean Plates. The earthquake happened on 12th January 2010


What caused the colchester earthquake?

Something with plates moving.


What could have caused the Chile earthquake?

the tectonic plates


What type of plates caused the Chile earthquake in 1960?

Tectonic plates formed the earthquake in 1960 due to a collision with one another.