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They are on stable submarine ground, as it were. some people have theorized the Mid-Atlantic ridge , and such sub-sections as the Dolphin Ridge, the Gettysburg Bank, (named after a survey ship, USS Gettysburg) were or are remnants of-Atlantis, the m,ass of these sub-ocean mounts could dampen out any seismic stresses anyhow- both convent9onal quakes and submarine shock waves- which can and do trigger tidal waves- Tsunamis, are far more common in the Pacific, what are called Solitaries can occur in The Atlantic, and while huge- over l00 feet in spots, seldom cause damage to ships they have been measured accurately with a steady hand and a vertical (Spot averaging) Theodolite which works like a movie camera. The camera fires every two seconds over a two minute run and the films and angles are carefully analyzed. possibly special scored film with graph paper superimposed is also used.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoEarthquakes are common along mid-ocean ridges since that is the location of a divergent plate boundary. New oceanic crust is being formed where two plates are moving apart. All of this commotion and movement of Earth's crust creates earthquakes.
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What type of plate boundary do most earthquakes occur near to or along?
they occur at transform boundaries
What events are most likely to occur along a transform boundary?
The answer is Earthquakes
How many earthquakes occur along the San Andreas fault annually?
Movement along the fault causes earthquakes; several thousand occur annually, although only a few are of moderate or higher magnitude.
Volcanoes that form along mid-ocean ridges occur at?
mid ocean ridges form along, underwater mountain ranges that sometimes have a rift valley down their center( 6th grade answer)
What common natural disasters can occur along the edges of the tectonic plates?
Earthquakes!
What occurs along ocean trenches but not along mid ocean ridges that accounts for the occurrence's of deep focus earthquakes?
Subduction of oceanic crust. The Earthquakes occur at depth in the descending slab.
What occur along a fault?
Earthquakes occur along a fault. Near the San Andreas fault lots of earthquakes occur.
What percent of earths earthquakes occur along the ring of fire?
About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 80% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
Earthquakes occur most often along the?
Earthquakes occur most often along the boundaries of tectonic plates.
Where do seafloor hot springs occur?
Along the mid oceanic ridges.
What things occur along transform boundaries?
earthquakes
Where do the most severe earthquakes occur?
along a faultline
Where do earthquakes volcanoes and mountains occur along?
Along the tectonic plate boundaries.
What type of earthquake occurs in mid ocean ridges?
Shallow focus earthquakes occur at the mid ocean ridges because the thin lithosphere found there is to weak to allow a large amount of strain to build up and cause larger earthquakes.
What are place earthquakes occur?
Anywhere along fault lines.
What is interpolate earthquake?
Earthquakes that occur along plate boundaries
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes commonly occur?
Along fault lines
