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Earthquake Depth Investigation

Directions. Using the maps below, answer the following questions.
Map 1. Plate Boundaries, with motion arrows

1. What type of boundary occurs between the Nazca plate and the South American
plate?
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2. What type of boundary occurs between the North American plate and the Eurasian
plate?
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3. What type of boundary occurs between the North American plate and the Pacific plate
(near California)?
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4. Predict at which boundary type you would expect the deepest earthquakes. Why?

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Map 2. Earthquakes, by depth

5. What boundary type produces the deepest earthquakes? Was your prediction
correct?
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6. Why do deep earthquakes occur at convergent boundaries? What process is
happening that allows earthquakes to happen at such great depths?

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7. Locate the Mid-Atlantic ridge. Shallow earthquakes occur along the ridge, explain
why these earthquakes are shallow, not deep.
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