GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Continental Transform-San Andreas Fault. California’s sheared-up landscape and earthquake hazards reflect the movement of the Pacific Plate past the edge of North America along a transform plate boundary that extends from the Mexican border to north of San Francisco.

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: -Saturday’s catastrophic earthquake in Nepal occurred because of two converging tectonic plates: the India plate and the overriding Eurasia plate to the north, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Himalaya Mountains are a geological wonder, drawing adventurers and religious devotees from near and far to the world’s highest peaks. The mountains were created over a fault where the large tectonic plates of India and Eurasia collide.