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Convergent boundaries where subduction occurs are responsible for the deepest earthquakes.
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Why doesn't Kentucky have as many earthquakes as California?
because its not on a plate boundry
Which convergent plate boundry does not include a subduction zone and why?
The plate boundary is continental - continental. This creates mountains and earthquakes, but one plate doesn't go under the other
What produces the forces that form volcanoes and cause earthquakes?
Tectonic plate motion.
Where would the deepest earthquakes most likely occur?
Near to subduction zones where stresses in the subducting crustal plate can cause earthquakes with very deep hypocentres.
Is mount vesuvius on a constructive or destructive plate boundry?
A destructive plate boundary :)
What plate boundaries experience the deepest earthquakes?
Subduction zones have the deepest earthquakes.
Why doesn't Kentucky have as many earthquakes as California?
because its not on a plate boundry
Which convergent plate boundry does not include a subduction zone and why?
The plate boundary is continental - continental. This creates mountains and earthquakes, but one plate doesn't go under the other
Which plate boundaries experience the deepest earthquakes and why?
Convergent plate boundaries where subduction occurs experience the deepest earthquakes. This is because in a subduction zone one (oceanic) lithospheric plate is being forced beneath another down into the mantle. Stresses build up within the descending pate at great depth causing earthquakes with focusses at much greater depths than earthquakes at other plate boundaries.
Why do you have so many earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific plate?
It is a destructive boundry, when the plate sticks tention builds up when the two plates unstick there is massive shockwave.
Types of plate boundries?
-divergent boundry -convergent boundry -transforming boundry
What pattern do you see among plates boundaries earthquakes and volcanoes?
most earthquakes occur at the plate boundaries because the plate boundaries are the weakest zones and earthquakes are likely to occur there . you can also take help from science ncert of 8 class.
What produces the forces that form volcanoes and cause earthquakes?
Tectonic plate motion.
Why do earthquakes occur in loma prieta?
because loma preita mountain sits on the boundry between the North American Tectonic plate and the Pacific plate where the san Andreas fault lies.
Where would the deepest earthquakes most likely occur?
Near to subduction zones where stresses in the subducting crustal plate can cause earthquakes with very deep hypocentres.
What type of plate boundary with the most occurrences of earthquake?
Transform boundaries are particularly likely to cause earthquakes.
What type of plate boundary are most tsunamis associated with?
Transform boundry, or what's known as shearing. It causes the plates to move past each other causing earthquakes in any areas.
