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Plate tectonics describes the motions of the 15 to 20 large rigid and brittle tectonicplates into ... It does a good job at explaining the distribution of most of Earth's earthquakes, mountains and other geological features, and a ... The North Americanplate is moving to the west-southwest at about 2.3 cm (~1 inch) per year
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How fast do plates move relative to each other?
The plates move relative to each other in varying speeds. The Pacific plate moves against the North American plate at 5 cm/yr. The Arctic Ridge has the slowest rate at less than 2.5 cm/yr., while the East Pacific Rise has the fastest rate at more than 15 cm/yr.
How fast does the lithosphere move?
The lithosphere moves at a rate of about 1 to 10 centimeters per year. This movement is due to processes like plate tectonics, where tectonic plates on the Earth's surface shift and interact with each other.
How do earthquakes build up?
The shifting of the Earths Techtonic Plates is what causes earthquakes. The earths crust is floating on top of a layer of magma. When two of earths techtonic plates shift and rub up against eachother, they get caught, because they are rigid, not smooth. When they finally get uncaught, they move very fast and that is what causes the shaking, as does the rubbing up against eachother.
How fast is the south American plate moving?
The South American plate is moving at a rate of about 2.5 centimeters per year in a generally westward direction. This is considered a relatively slow rate compared to some other tectonic plates on Earth.
Are the plates moving faster?
The speed at which tectonic plates move is relatively constant over long time scales, so they are not moving faster right now compared to the past. However, the rates of plate movement vary depending on the plate boundary type and geological forces acting on them.
How fast do the plates move in relation to each other each year?
The earth's plates move slowly because how big the earthquake is he bigger the amount the plates will move and the slower the earthquake is the less it moves.
How fast do the plates move in the relation to each other year?
The earth's plates move slowly because how big the earthquake is he bigger the amount the plates will move and the slower the earthquake is the less it moves.
How fast do the plates move to relation to each other?
This varies from plate to plate. Some move at about the speed your fingernails grow, some much faster.
About how fast do the plates move in relation to each others each year?
The earth's plates move slowly because how big the earthquake is he bigger the amount the plates will move and the slower the earthquake is the less it moves.
How far do plates shift each year?
plates move around the speed of how fast your nails grow
The Nazca and Pacific Plates are separating faster than any other places on Earth How fast are they moving apart each year?
About 15 cm.
Why can't two capacitor plates be far away from each other if it's really just the battery creating the potential difference between the plates?
Capacitance is directly proportional to the area of the plates divided by the distance between the two plates. The farther away the plates are the lower capacitance will be. A capacitor stores energy in the electric field between the two plates. If those plates are very far apart, the field gets crappy real fast.
How fast do plates move in an earthquake?
pretty fast
How fast do plates move relative to each other?
The plates move relative to each other in varying speeds. The Pacific plate moves against the North American plate at 5 cm/yr. The Arctic Ridge has the slowest rate at less than 2.5 cm/yr., while the East Pacific Rise has the fastest rate at more than 15 cm/yr.
How fast does a chamois reproduce?
By mating with each other
Why are the plates near Haiti moving so fast?
They aren't moving faster than other plates, they actually weren't moving because of a snag between the two that gave way and caused an earthquake.
How fast slow do the plates move?
1To 2 inches
