Earthquakes
Oceanic-oceanic · Magnitude: 5.8 · Location: Eastern Honshu, Japan · Date: April 1 2012 · Time: 14:04:25 UTC · Depth: 57.1 km (35.5 miles) · Why is it located along this type of boundary? Because there are two large bodies of water on both sides of the quake, and there are islands all over the place
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Oceanic-continental · Magnitude: 6.0 · Location: Oaxaca, Mexico · Date: April 02 2012 · Time: 17:36:42 UTC · Depth: 9.1 km (5.7 miles) · Why is it located along this type of boundary? Because one plate was an ocean and it was sinking below the continent |  |
Continental-continental
· Location: Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan · Date: March 31 2012 · Time: 04:16:54 UTC · Depth: 221.2 km (137.5 miles) · Why is it located along this type of boundary? Because both continents are pushing against each other. You can tell by all the mountains.
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Divergent · I was unable to find an earthquake along a divergent boundary. · Why is it located along this type of boundary? Because the ocean plates are pulling away from each other causing new rock to come uo from the lithosphere. |
Transform
· Location: Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge · Date: April 04 2012 · Time: 12:10:48 UTC · Depth: 10.2 km (6.3 miles) Why is it located along this type of boundary? Because two plates are sliding past each other causing friction. |  |
Volcanoes
Composite Volcano
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Shield Volcano
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Cinder Cone · Volcano name: Reclus (Chile) · Plate boundary type: Convergent – Ocean to Continental
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Caldera · Volcano name: Fernandina (Galapagos Islands) · Plate boundary type: Hot Spot |  |
