Earthquakes can, and do, occur at divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.
Divergent plate boundaries.
Divergent boundaries - two plates Pull away from each other. Convergent boundaries - when two plates collide forming trenches or causing earthquakes. Tranform boundaries - two plates slide past each other
Any type of plate boundary can cause an earthquake. That said, areas along convergent, divergent, and transform tectonic plate boundaries are the most likely places for earthquakes to occur.
Some similarities between convergent and divergent boundaries are that both create faults that are capable of producing earthquakes; both are tectonic plates; and both are part of the lithosphere.
earthquakes only happen at the edge of tectonic plates because of them moving which causes the 'quake' so there are never any BIG earthquakes in the UK because it is in the middle of a tectonic plate
Volcanoes and earthquakes
they cause earthquakes
volcanoes and earthquakes
they cause earthquakes
At divergent and transform boundaries.
Shallow earthquakes occur within the top 70 kilometers of the Earth's crust, known as the seismogenic zone. These earthquakes are typically associated with transform plate boundaries, divergent plate boundaries, and some convergent plate boundaries, where tectonic plates interact and generate seismic activity.
Divergent plate boundaries.
they both form volcanoes and earthquakes
Earthquakes can occur at any type of plate boundary, but the most powerful earthquakes tend to occur at convergent boundaries and at transform boundaries.
Divergent boundaries - two plates Pull away from each other. Convergent boundaries - when two plates collide forming trenches or causing earthquakes. Tranform boundaries - two plates slide past each other
Although earthquakes can occur anywhere on the planet with little or no warning, the strongest earthquakes occur near the plate boundaries, as the plates converge (collide), diverge (move away from another)
Earthquakes are produced at all types of plate boundaries: convergent boundaries, where plates collide; divergent boundaries, where plates separate; and transform boundaries, where plates slide past each other. The release of stress along these boundaries can result in seismic activity.