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Q: What plates caused the Alaskan earthquake?
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What plates caused the Kobe earthquake?

It was the Eurasian and the Philippine plates that moved and caused the earthquake in Kobe.


What tectonic plates caused the earthquake?

PLATES


What two plates caused the earthquake?

Assuming you are talking about the earthquake in Japan, the two plates are the Pacific and the Asian plates.


How far did the plates move in the 1964 Alaskan earthquake?

about 100 or less kilometers. the Alaskan earthquake lasted about 5 minutes and had a magnitude of 9.2 in Richter scale. that was a very destructive earthquake since it is the third strongest earthquake read by the seismograph in the world and the strongest in north America.


What caused the assisi earthquake?

plates moved


What caused the Japanese earthquake and tsuname?

Tectonic plates caused the earthquake, the Pacific and North American plate were rubbing against each other, and this caused the earthquake. the earthquake caused the Tsunami.


How is tidal energy made?

it is caused by the shocks of an earthquake and the earthquake is caused by the movements of the plates at the bottom of the earth


What plates caused the Haiti earthquake?

That would be the North American and Caribbean Plates. The earthquake happened on 12th January 2010


What caused the colchester earthquake?

Something with plates moving.


What could have caused the Chile earthquake?

the tectonic plates


What type of plates caused the Chile earthquake in 1960?

Tectonic plates formed the earthquake in 1960 due to a collision with one another.


Did the Alaskan earthquake of 1964 have a higher seismic moment than the San Francisco earthquake of 1906?

because it caused more damage