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Are there earthquakes volcanoes hurricanes and tsunamis at he nazca plate boundary?

The plate boundary between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate does produce volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Hurricanes have nothing to do with plate boundaries.


What natural disasters are cause by plate techtonics?

hurricanes is not what occurs it is earthquakes volcanos tsunamis and mountains


Why do shallow epicenters not fall on the nazca plate line?

Shallow earthquakes do not often occur along the boundary of the Nazca Plate because the movement and interaction of plates at that depth do not create the conditions necessary for earthquakes to happen. Instead, deeper earthquakes occur within the subducting Nazca Plate, where there is more stress and pressure buildup due to the plate's movement beneath the South American Plate.


Why does an earthquake zone have earthquakes if no volcanoes are there?

Volcanoes are not the primary cause of earthquakes. Most earthquakes result from the stresses created by tectonic plates moving past or against one another. At transform boundaries there is no mechanism to produce volcanoes, but the movement of the plates will still cause earthquakes. Stresses within a plate can also cause earthquakes.


Which type of plate boundary does not produce volcanoes?

Transform boundaries do not typically produce volcanoes. Instead, they are characterized by horizontal movement where tectonic plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes. This movement does not result in the formation of magma or volcanic activity.

Related Questions

What do Earthquakes and volcanoes show power of what kind of movement?

plate movement


What do movement of earth's crust along the plate boundaries produce?

it produces earthquakes normally, depends how it shifts. sometimes it forms fold mountains


What is responsible for the plate movement?

Mountains, lakes, earthquakes.


What is the earth's plate movement responsible for?

Mountains, lakes, earthquakes.


Are there earthquakes volcanoes hurricanes and tsunamis at he nazca plate boundary?

The plate boundary between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate does produce volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Hurricanes have nothing to do with plate boundaries.


What does the movement of earth's crust along the plate boundaries produce?

It produces spreading of the ocean floor, separation of the continents, earthquakes, and a few other noteworthy occurrences.


What does plate movement produce?

Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, plate tectonics, continental drift, oceans, mountains, continents, lava, islands, ash, changes in weather, changes in airline schedules, and much more.


Can earthquakes affect plate tectonics?

Earthquakes are a result of the movement of tectonic plates, not the cause. While earthquakes can provide valuable data about the behavior of different plate boundaries, they do not directly affect the overall movement of tectonic plates.


What natural disasters are cause by plate techtonics?

hurricanes is not what occurs it is earthquakes volcanos tsunamis and mountains


What are some of the features of earth that are caused by plate movement?

mountains and earthquakes


What kind of geological event happen with plate movement?

Earthquakes and tsunamis


Do earthquakes cause transform plate movement?

No, they don't. In fact earthquake are a result of transform plate movement.