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What plates were involved in the September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes?
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the earthquake was caused by thrust faulting on the boundary between the Australian Plate and the Sunda Plate. At the location of the earthquake, offshore of the west coast of Sumatra, the Australia plate moves northeast with respect to the Sunda Plate at a velocity, oblique to the orientation of the plate boundary.The component of plate motion perpendicular to the boundary produces thrust faulting on the offshore plate-boundary.
the plate boundaries offshore of western Sumatra.
According to data from the Japanese PALSAR microwave sensor aboard the Daichi (ALOS) satellite, South Pagai Island was uplifted, creating 6 new islands, and exposing previously submerged coral reefs as well as enlarging existing islands.
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What type of fault caused the Sumatra tsunami?
It happened because the tectonic plates rubbed together and then suddenly movedOR It happened because the ground shakes as pressure is being released between 2 plates
What plates was the 2004 Sumatra's earthquake on?
the idiana and the burmiuda
What are the places where earthquakes accured?
Most earthquakes occur in the ring of fire, a large region surrounding the vast Pacific Ocean. There is a lot of active plate movement, and convergent and divergent boundaries cause strike-slip faults to occur. Earthquakes that occur in this region can be in Vanuata, Japan, Alaska, California, Indonesia, and Sumatra.
What are plates that make earthquakes happen called?
techonic plates
What do you notice about the location of earthquakes and the plates that make up the earth's surface?
earthquakes usually occur on the border between plates, as on the border between, the two plates rub against each other a lot, which creates earthquakes
How are tectonic plates involved in causing earthquakes and volcanoes?
the tectonic plates shake under the earth causing earthquakes
What type of fault caused the Sumatra tsunami?
It happened because the tectonic plates rubbed together and then suddenly movedOR It happened because the ground shakes as pressure is being released between 2 plates
Do earthquakes cause sliding plates?
If you mean tetonic plates, then no, sliding tetonic plates cause earthquakes.
What plates was the 2004 Sumatra's earthquake on?
the idiana and the burmiuda
Do colliding plates cause earthquakes?
Actually colliding plates cause earthquakes
What causes earthquakes at the edges of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes are mostly found at the edges of plates because that is the area of which the plates collide in different ways resulting in earthquakes and volcanoes.
What are lithosphere plates and how are lithosphere plates related to earthquakes?
they are related by,they are plates
Can tree roots cause earthquakes?
No. Earthquakes are generally caused by the rubbing of two plates (tectonic plates).
What do sliding plates release that causes earthquakes?
Sliding plates release tension and energy to cause earthquakes.
What are the plates called that make earthquakes?
Tectonic plates
What cause plates?
earthquakes
Does Uranus have earthquake?
uranus is a gas giant. Gas giants lack the tectonic plates (rocky plates floating on top of a molten core) necessary to have earthquakes. Only rocky planets which have tectonic plates can have earthquakes.
