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What type of plate boundary caused the Chile earthquake in 1960?
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transform boundary
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What plate boundary was the Shensi Earthquake?
Convergence plate boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate.
What type of fault was the Great Chilean Earthquake on?
The plate boundary the Chile earthquake occurred on in 2010 was the converging boundary. A converging boundary is when two plates move closer together. In this case the converging boundary moved so close together that the plates hut one another. They then subducted under on another and the earthquake was formed.
What was the plate boundary on the San Fernando earthquake?
convergant
How did Chile's earthquake shorten the days in earth?
By plate Tectonics
What fault was the kamchatka earthquake on?
The Kamchatka earthquake was on the Pacific plate.
Was they Haiti earthquake caused by constructive plate boundaries?
No. The Haitian earthquake was caused by a transform boundary.
What plates is Chile next to?
Chile is next to the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate. These plates are what caused the 1960 earthquake.
What type of plate caused 1994 Northridge earthquake?
It was a Transform Boundary.
What type of plate boundary caused earthquake in Haiti?
a conservative one
What type of stress caused the earthquake in Chile on the 27th of February 2010?
Compressive stress at a convergent plate boundary. For more information, please see the related questions.
What fault was the southern Chile earthquake 1960?
It was associated with a aubduction zone marked by the Peru-Chile Trench. It is a convergent plate boundary.
What type of boundary is found off the coast of Chile where the 8.8 earthquake occurred?
A transform boundary with the South American and Nazca Plate.
Was L'Aquila earthquake a conservative plate boundary?
No it was a destructive plate boundary.
What plate boundary was the Shensi Earthquake?
Convergence plate boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate.
What does the haiti and Chile earthquakes have the same?
Two faults slipping past each other caused the earthquake in Haiti. The fault slipping as the Pacific Plate slid under the South American Plate raising the Andes Mountains caused the earthquake in Chile. Or, while both were caused by moving faults, the faults moved for different reasons.
What type of fault was the Great Chilean Earthquake on?
The plate boundary the Chile earthquake occurred on in 2010 was the converging boundary. A converging boundary is when two plates move closer together. In this case the converging boundary moved so close together that the plates hut one another. They then subducted under on another and the earthquake was formed.
Why did it happen in Japan?
There was a big earthquake in japan on Friday the 11th of march. it was caused by a destructive plate boundary. the pacific plate moved down under the Eurasian plate. That caused a lot of pressure in the epicenter what was about 200km far from Tokyo. The result was an earthquake. the earthquake caused a tsunami. It was up to 10 m high waves destroyed thousands of houses in the coast of japan.
