1) The Caribbean is surrounded by all different types of plate boundaries. the green dots on the map show the epicenters of all of the earthquakes that occurred in the region from 1967-1999. The epicenter of the particularly large earthquake that you looked at for your last assignment is shown by the yellow star. Based on the map below and the epicenter location, what is the likely cause of the earthquake? A) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a strike-slip fault that occurred along the transform boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate. B) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a normal fault that occurred along the subduction zone to the southeast of Hispaniola. C) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a reverse fault that occurred along the subduction zone between the Caribbean Plate and the South American Plate. D) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a thrust fault that occurred along the convergent boundary between the Caribbean Plate and the Coco Plate.
1) The Caribbean is surrounded by all different types of plate boundaries. the green dots on the map show the epicenters of all of the earthquakes that occurred in the region from 1967-1999. The epicenter of the particularly large earthquake that you looked at for your last assignment is shown by the yellow star. Based on the map below and the epicenter location, what is the likely cause of the earthquake? A) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a strike-slip fault that occurred along the transform boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate. B) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a normal fault that occurred along the subduction zone to the southeast of Hispaniola. C) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a reverse fault that occurred along the subduction zone between the Caribbean Plate and the South American Plate. D) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a thrust fault that occurred along the convergent boundary between the Caribbean Plate and the Coco Plate.
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The Caribbean is surrounded by all different types of plate boundaries. the green dots on the map show the epicenters of all of the earthquakes that occurred in the region from 1967-1999. The epicenter of the particularly large earthquake that you looked at for your last assignment is shown by the yellow star. Based on the map below and the epicenter location, what is the likely cause of the earthquake?
A) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a strike-slip fault that occurred along the transform boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate.
B) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a normal fault that occurred along the subduction zone to the southeast of Hispaniola.
C) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a reverse fault that occurred along the subduction zone between the Caribbean Plate and the South American Plate.
D) The earthquake likely occurred as the result of motion along a thrust fault that occurred along the convergent boundary between the Caribbean Plate and the Coco Plate.
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NORTH AMERICAN PLATE
300 km
60
Cuba
-20
20
Hispariola
Jamaica
Gu
CARIBBEAN PLATE
15-
St Ve
Ba
10
10-
COCo
SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE
410
PLATE
60
Recent Earthquakes
Epicenters, Depths < 60 km, M > 3.5, January, 1967 to April, 1999 (USGS)
Sources for Shallow Earthquakes
Recent volcanic eruptions in the eastem Canbbean, from north to south:
Soufriere Hills, Montsenat (1995-1998)
Soufriere, Guadalupe (1976-1977)
Mount Pelee, Martinique (1902, 1929)
Soufriere, St. Vincent (1902, 1971-1979)
Kick-em Jenny, Grenada (submarine)
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
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