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Why do the coastal regions surronding the pacific ocean have frequent earthquakes?
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∙ 12y ago
Because it could be by the plates that are active and have more frequent earthquakes.
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What do you call the pacific coastal areas that experience frequent volcanoes and earthquakes?
Pacific Ring of Fire or Earthquake Belt... Hope I can help
What causes earthquakes in the pacific coastal plains?
fault
Along which coastal region do the most earthquakes volcanoes and tsunamis occur?
the pacific coastal region
What sometimes causes earthquakes in the pacific coastal plains?
fault
Where are earthquakes or volcanoes likely to occur?
The answer is that earthquakes and volcanoes are most frequent along Tectonic plate boundaries, these are the natural pieces that the continents and oceans are on.
Did the Philippine plate and the pacific plate create the Kobe earthquake?
i am not sure. Most of the largest earthquakes in Japan are caused by subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate or Pacific Plate, with mechanisms that involve either energy released within the subducting plate or the accumulation and sudden release of stress in the overlying plate. Earthquakes of these types are especially frequent in the coastal regions of northeastern Japan.
What are volcanoes and earthquakes likely to occur?
If you mean "where" earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur it is in what's called the "ring of fire" which is the coastal ring around the Pacific Ocean.
What is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Pacific Ocean is called?
ring of fire... THIS ANSWER IS WRONGGG! I TRIED IT AND IT WAS WRONG!
When was Coastal Pacific created?
Coastal Pacific was created in 1988.
The zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surronding the Pacific Ocean?
This is known as the ring of fire.-not been funny but i already put that so why you change it!?I answered it first and you got cheek to go play with my nice art work of 2010.The SLB2010
Why are tsunami waves frequent in 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.
What do you call the area of frequent earthquakes circling the pacific is called?
It is called the Ring of Fire The "circum-Pacific seismic belt" is the actual name. It is also nicknamed the "Ring of Fire". The area is along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, and 81% of the world's earthquakes occur there. The area extends from Chile, in South America, north to New Zealand.
