Tsunamis usually originate at plate boundaries, particularly at subduction zones, but once they are triggered they can cross thousands of miles of ocean, striking areas far from any plate boundary.
The 2004 tsunami was on a convergent boundary where the Indian Plate was subducted beneath the Burma Plate, displacing a massive amount of water and triggering the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
A tsunami usually occurs on a destructive plate boundary.
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was caused by a megathrust earthquake, which occurred along a convergent plate boundary. Specifically, it happened where the Indian Plate subducted beneath the Burma Plate, releasing large amounts of energy that triggered the devastating tsunami.
A subduction zone boundary, where one tectonic plate is forced below another, can cause a tsunami when there is a sudden movement resulting in the displacement of a large volume of water. This can trigger a tsunami, with the potential to generate destructive waves.
A strike-slip plate boundary is found near Haiti, specifically the boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate. This boundary is associated with the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system that runs through the region.
The 2004 tsunami was on a convergent boundary where the Indian Plate was subducted beneath the Burma Plate, displacing a massive amount of water and triggering the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
A tsunami usually occurs on a destructive plate boundary.
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was caused by a megathrust earthquake, which occurred along a convergent plate boundary. Specifically, it happened where the Indian Plate subducted beneath the Burma Plate, releasing large amounts of energy that triggered the devastating tsunami.
a tectonic plate
It is found on a destructive plate boundary
A subduction zone boundary, where one tectonic plate is forced below another, can cause a tsunami when there is a sudden movement resulting in the displacement of a large volume of water. This can trigger a tsunami, with the potential to generate destructive waves.
The Phillipine and Pacific plate boundarys are Convergant.A destructive plate boundary.
A certain type of strike-slip fault is found at a transform plate boundary.
Trenches are typically found at the boundaries of tectonic plates, where one plate is being subducted beneath another. The most well-known trenches are oceanic trenches, found underwater near subduction zones where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another.
The Phillipine and Pacific plate boundarys are Convergant.A destructive plate boundary.
Divergent Boundary
The crustal plate found between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate is the Antarctic Plate.