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What tectonic plates were involved in the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989?
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The Pacific and North American plates.
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What tectonic plates caused the earthquake?
PLATES
What really causes an earthquake?
When tectonic plates collide an Earthquake is created.
What was the cause of Japanese earthquake?
Tectonic plates that slipped.
Are volcanoes formed when tectonic plates are moving?
When the tectonic plates cause earthquake, it creates a crater in earth. This opening can lead to a volcano.
What caused the Jiajing earthquake?
The tectonic plates moving, transform.
What are the names of the tectonic plates involved in Japan's 2011 earthquake?
There were two tectonic plates involved: the Pacific plate and the plate under Northern Honshu (it is unknown which plate is under the island).
What is the point where the tectonic plates move causing an earthquake?
earthquake zone or in the boundry of tectonic plates
What tectonic plates caused the earthquake?
PLATES
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 is fault of earthquake?
Tectonic plates
What plates was involved in the japan earthquake?
thee ceramic plate, and the metal plate :)
What is a earthquake a result of?
An earthquake is a result of tectonic plates colliding.
How are earthquake and a tsunami related?
tectonic plates
What are the result if tectonic plates move?
An earthquake.
What is tectonic earthquake means?
It is the unsual movement of tectonic plates which causes tectonic earthquakes.
What really causes an earthquake?
When tectonic plates collide an Earthquake is created.
Have the tectonic plates moved after the earthquake in Japan?
Yes, the plates have moved.
