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What is the connection between plate boundaries and earthquake and volcano sites?
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∙ 14y ago
Volcanoes are created in subduction zones because of the melting of oceanic crust as it enters the mantle.
Earthquakes occur in plate boundaries because of the release of built up stress between the rocks constituting each plate, as they snap into a new position relative to each other, or fracture.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y ago- earthquakes occur due to movement in the lithosphere as the plates move
- most volcanoes result when rocks are melts and pushed back up at plate boundaries
- Hot spots form in the middle of plates and result in volcanoes.
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∙ 6y agoBecause the Earth's skin is weakest at the joins between the plates, which allows magma to escape. Also the rubbing together of plates at the joins causes friction and thereby earthquakes. Fluids, in this case lava, will always follow the path of least resistance. The plate boundaries offer existing flow routes allowing lava to escape without having to break through the Earth's crust.
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∙ 6y agoThe next answer is my theory. Earthquakes and volcanoes occur as a result of percolation of water deep inside the earth. Earthquakes and volcanoes occur at the plate boundaries. Here the plates are moving away from each other. As a result you get a gap through which the water percolates deep inside. Water goes inside. then travels horizontally and in zigzag manner. There by gets trapped inside. Here there is a pressure cooker like phenomena. If you keep the whistle of the pressure cooker pressed, it will blast. So the water percolates along the gap. It travels a tedious path and water is trapped. The water is heated to the great extent. The temperature of water becomes equal to the lava. The quantity of water is also very large. The heated water eventually results in bursting the crust of the earth. You get earth quakes as the vapor is burst out. You get volcanoes as the lava comes out as a result of increased pressure nearby.
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∙ 14y agoAs the crust moves it shakes the Earths crust, which causes Earthquakes. It relates to volcanos because of ocean floor spreading.
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∙ 15y agothe volcanoes are mainly found on tectonic plate boundaries
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∙ 14y agoA majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur along plate boundaries because of the movement of tectonic plates.
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∙ 13y agoPlate boundries frequently move, causing plates to overlap and causing earthquakes.
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∙ 11y agoClose to the fault line of tectonic plates the closer the more destruction.
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∙ 12y agoThe ring of fire
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What is the earthquake and volcano prone area?
the ring of fire and places near plate boundaries
How could a family stay safe during a volcano eruption or an earthquake?
For a volcano eruption, the family can be safe because of the distance between them and the volcano whereas for an earthquake it may happen if the calamity's force is weak.
Is it possible for seismologist to know for sure that an earthquake or volcanic eruption will not occur in a particular area?
it is possible for a seismologist to know that an earthquake or volcano will not occur because most of them occur on plate boundaries -Young Money Crew
When did the volcano form?
After a earthquake.
What is the link between earthquake and volcanoes?
when a volcano is erupting it will make little earthquakes and tsunamis. a big enough earthquake it might disurb the volcano and cause magma to rise. HI DAD ITS BOB OH NO ITS JHON SERTENLY NOT JHON BUT JHON JHONNY JHON JHON UR JHON JHON HI BOB ITS DAD
What is the earthquake and volcano prone area?
the ring of fire and places near plate boundaries
Where a earthquake happen?
Along subduction zones or boundaries. Or places with a active volcano near them because sometimes when a volcano erupts, or when it almost erupts, the pressure underground could release an earthquake.
How could a family stay safe during a volcano eruption or an earthquake?
For a volcano eruption, the family can be safe because of the distance between them and the volcano whereas for an earthquake it may happen if the calamity's force is weak.
Is it possible for seismologist to know for sure that an earthquake or volcanic eruption will not occur in a particular area?
it is possible for a seismologist to know that an earthquake or volcano will not occur because most of them occur on plate boundaries -Young Money Crew
Can an earthquake start a volcano?
This is how many volcanoes can be created, although sometimes in a subtle way. The earthquakes are caused by the stress breaking along fault boundaries of the earths plates. Along these plates, there are streaks of volcanoes known as the ring of fire where there is passage between the mantle and the surface through the lithosphere. When an earthquake happens, this passage can be created and results in lava spewing from the sufrace in what you could call a volcano.
Is a volcano stronger than an earthquake?
it depends how strong the earthquake is some can be stronger than a volcano or than a volcano can be really strong
Is the Yellowstone a volcano or earthquake?
yellow stone is a volcano
What formed the Hawaiian islands- volcano or earthquake?
An earthquake made a volcano erupt which made hawaii. Tajeem
When did the volcano form?
After a earthquake.
What plate boundaries are near the colima Mexico volcano?
It is the subduction zone between the Cocos and North American plates.
What is the link between earthquake and volcanoes?
when a volcano is erupting it will make little earthquakes and tsunamis. a big enough earthquake it might disurb the volcano and cause magma to rise. HI DAD ITS BOB OH NO ITS JHON SERTENLY NOT JHON BUT JHON JHONNY JHON JHON UR JHON JHON HI BOB ITS DAD
What is a fault of a volcano?
A volcano is not a type of fault. Volcanoes can be found at convergent and divergent plate boundaries and away from plate boundaries at hot spots.
