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Why are most of the earthquakes and volcanoes located at the border of the tectonic plates?
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∙ 9y ago
Beacause plates, at tectonic, boundaries shift against each other.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe plates rub together
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Why does New Jersey have so few earthquakes and volcanoes?
It is not near a fault line or tectonic plate border.
Where do volcanoes occur on earth?
Volcanoes occur along tectonic borders. More specifically, a border between an oceanic plate, and a land plate. Oceanic plates are more dense than land plates, which causes them to sink beneath land plates. Along these borders, magma can seep up to above the plates, cool, and form a volcano. This is what caused the "Ring of Fire," a ring of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
Where is Siam located on a map?
Siam is located on the southeast border of Asia. (Near the Phillipines.)
What is a convergent earthquake?
A convergent earthquake happens when two techtonic plates are moving toward each other and one is submerging under the other. Think of a car accident between a Mazda and a Humvee. The Mazda would be the submerging plate in this example....and because they're coming toward each other (the plates), it is more destructive. When tectonic plates slide along each other, its a transform border....more like a side swipe instead of a head on collision.
Where is mt aconagua located?
Mount Aconcagua is located in west-central Argentina. It is located in the western Mendoza province along the border of Chile.
Why does New Jersey have so few earthquakes and volcanoes?
It is not near a fault line or tectonic plate border.
Why are there earthquakes but no volcanoes in the Himalayas?
Because it is a natural border not a active volcano
Is the ring of fire is called because it has loads of volcanoes?
The border of the Pacific Ocean is a tectonically active zone with lots of earthquakes and volcanoes; you are correct that it is the volcanoes which have inspired the term "ring of fire".
Why do most earthquakes occur at tectonic plate boundaries?
because they hit each other and create an even bigger reaction
Does Alaska have earthquakes?
Yes. Southern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands border a subduction zone, where one tectonic plate slides under another. This subduction zone has produced some of the most powerful Earthquakes on Earth.
The border between two tectonic plates lies below the state of California. The interaction of these two plates results in which of the following?
Frequent earthquakes
Southern Italy is very close to the border of two tectonic plates. Which of these facts is most directly related to the closeness of the plate boundary?
Italy has experienced many earthquakes.
How many earthquakes occur in Greece?
Greece sits on the border of two tectonic plates, the Eurasian and the African plate. The Eurasian plate is sliding under the African plate at a rate of around 3cm per year, which results in earthquakes. Since 1900, there have been 7,352 earthquakes in Greece.
Do earthquakes happen in same or different places?
Yes volcanoes generally erupt and form on the Borders between tectonic plates under the earths surface, as the route between the earths core and the surface is weaker on these lines. Same with earthquakes, this is when the tectonic plates move or shift against one another
What countries of the world are more prone to earthquake?
Earthquakes occur around the areas where volcanoes are so if you look at a map of a volcanoes around the world, you'll be able to see. Of course there's some variation as to the location of earthquakes to that of a volcano but to decide one point, it would have to be the ring of fire.
Any tectonic hazard in Latin America?
Of course. All countries west of Latin America (facing the Pacific Ocean) border the Nazca, Cocos or Pacific Plates, being constantly subjected to active volcanoes and earthquake hazards.
What do you notice about the location of earthquakes and the plates that make up the earth's surface?
earthquakes usually occur on the border between plates, as on the border between, the two plates rub against each other a lot, which creates earthquakes
