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Which tectonic plates shifted causing the earthquake Japan 2011?
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Thrust faulting along or near the subduction zone plate boundary between the Pacific and North America plates. It occured due to compressional stress and convergent plate boundaries which are destructive.
It was a destructive plate boundary
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What is the point where the tectonic plates move causing an earthquake?
earthquake zone or in the boundry of tectonic plates
Why did the earthquake happen in japan 2011?
Tectonic plates shifted, creating the earthquake.
Can your give me a sentence using the words tectonic plates?
The tectonic plates slide together, causing an earthquake to erupt across the southern part of the state.
What happens to make an earthquake occur?
Tectonic plates colide causing the earth to shake.
Why did the eartquake in japan happen?
The same reason any earthquake happens, tectonic plates shifted against each other.
What tectonic plates caused the earthquake?
PLATES
What caused the tectonic plates?
they are plates under the crust that move when are shifted
Why do earthquakes mostly happen along tectonic plates boundaries?
Becuase when the tectonic plates shift or move, it creates an earthquake. so the closer to the tectonic plates, the more strong the earthquake.
What was the cause of the tsunami in Japan?
The cause of the tsunami was an earthquake that scored 8.9 on the rictor scale was that of the tectonic plates shifted under Japan, and caused the tragedy.
What is fault of earthquake?
Tectonic plates
What is an earthquake and what causes earthquakes?
An earthquake is when the tectonic plates under the earth move in different directions causing the earth to shake. Everybody*"GROW WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED"
What is a earthquake a result of?
An earthquake is a result of tectonic plates colliding.
