GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

SEISMOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Convergent boundaries can have which of the following earthquake patterns? (More than one answer is correct).
A
The deepest earthquakes
B
The strongest earthquakes
C
Only weak earthquakes
D
A diagonal pattern of Earthquakes due to subduction
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Deep, large magnitude earthquakes commonly occur at convergent plate boundaries. Earthquakes at convergent plate boundaries are distributed with predictable locations and depths.

Detailed explanation-2: -About 80% of earthquakes occur where plates are pushed together, called convergent boundaries. Another form of convergent boundary is a collision where two continental plates meet head-on.

Detailed explanation-3: -Convergent boundaries, where two plates are moving toward each other, are of three types, depending on the type of crust present on either side of the boundary-oceanic or continental . The types are ocean-ocean, ocean-continent, and continent-continent.

Detailed explanation-4: -Continentā€continent convergence results when two continents collide. Oceanā€continent convergence occurs when oceanic crust is subducted under continental crust. More items

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