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Which plate boundaries experience the deepest earthquakes and why?
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∙ 13y ago
Convergent plate boundaries where subduction occurs experience the deepest earthquakes.
This is because in a subduction zone one (oceanic) lithospheric plate is being forced beneath another down into the mantle. Stresses build up within the descending pate at great depth causing earthquakes with focusses at much greater depths than earthquakes at other plate boundaries.
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What plate boundaries experience the deepest earthquakes?
Subduction zones have the deepest earthquakes.
What is the connection between mountains and plate boundaries?
mountains are usually formed on plate boundaries because earthquakes happen at plate boundaries. earthquakes can form mountains.
Which of the plate boundaries can produce earthquakes?
Convergent boundaries.
Is an earthquakes a convergent or transform?
Earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries.
Deep-focus earthquakes are associated with what plate boundaries?
destructive or convergent boundaries
What plate boundaries experience the deepest earthquakes?
Subduction zones have the deepest earthquakes.
Which type of plate boundry produces the deepest earthquakes?
Convergent boundaries where subduction occurs are responsible for the deepest earthquakes.
What country can experience severe earthquakes because it is near tectonic plate boundaries?
Japan
What is the connection between mountains and plate boundaries?
mountains are usually formed on plate boundaries because earthquakes happen at plate boundaries. earthquakes can form mountains.
Do earthquakes occur in plate interiors?
yes earthquakes happen at all types of plate boundaries but most of them occur at destructive, collisional, and conservative plate boundaries
Do earthquakes most often occur at faults that are away from plate boundary?
Earthquakes infrequently occur away from plate boundaries. Most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries because of the stress caused by the interacting plates.
Which of the plate boundaries can produce earthquakes?
Convergent boundaries.
What plate boundary do earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries.
Do earthquakes often occur at at faults that are away from plate boundaries?
Yes, but not as often as earthquakes happen near plate boundaries
Do most severe earthquakes occur at plate boundaries or in the middle of plates?
Plate Boundaries
Which type of plate boundaries produce the most devastating earthquakes?
Convergent plate boundaries.
Where do earthquakes occur the most - near plate boundaries or far away from plate boundaries?
Near plate boundaries. (Thank you teacher for explaining)
