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Where do most of the earthquakes in the Atlantic Ocean occur And are they shallow or deep?
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Where do shallow earthquakes occur?
At divergent and transform boundaries.
What type of earthquake occurs in mid ocean ridges?
Shallow focus earthquakes occur at the mid ocean ridges because the thin lithosphere found there is to weak to allow a large amount of strain to build up and cause larger earthquakes.
Do most earthquakes occur under the ocean floor or on land?
More Earthquakes occur on land.
When Ninety percent of the worlds earthquakes occur around the?
Pacif Ocean
80 percent of all earthquakes occur along the boundary of which ocean?
The ring around the Pacific Ocean.
Where do shallow-focus earthquakes of the occur relative to ocean trenches?
within or adjacent to trenches
What boundary do shallow earthquakes occur?
divergent
Where do shallow earthquakes occur?
At divergent and transform boundaries.
Do earthquakes occur in the Atlantic?
yes
Where do shallow-focus earthquakes occur?
At divergent and transform boundaries.
What type of earthquake occurs in mid ocean ridges?
Shallow focus earthquakes occur at the mid ocean ridges because the thin lithosphere found there is to weak to allow a large amount of strain to build up and cause larger earthquakes.
What is the difference between shallow focus earthquakes and deep focus earthquakes?
Shallow focus earthquakes occur at depths of 70 km with magnitudes ranging from 1-5. Deep focus earthquakes occur at depths from 300-700 km and magnitudes from 6-10.
Do volcanoes occur in oceans and earthquakes occur on land?
Earthquakes and volcanoes both occur in land and ocean. =)
Do most earthquakes occur under the ocean floor or on land?
More Earthquakes occur on land.
Where did the french and the british naval Battle occur?
The Atlantic Ocean
Why do the majority of tsunamis occur in the pacific ocean?
Tsunamis mostly occur in the Pacific Ocean because they are made because of Earthquakes and lots of earthquakes happen in the ring of fire.
Do earthquakes occur you the ocean?
earth quake in the ocean cause tsunami
