Why do the deep earthquakes occur parallel to, but not exactly overlapping with, the shallow quakes at convergent plate boundaries?     -The transform fault is slanted at the plate boundary  -It has to do with the subducting slab sinking into the asthenosphere at an angle less than ninety degrees.  -It has to do with seafloor spreading plate geometry   - They are completely unrelated

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Why do the deep earthquakes occur parallel to, but not exactly overlapping with, the shallow quakes at convergent plate boundaries? 

  
-The transform fault is slanted at the plate boundary
 -It has to do with the subducting slab sinking into the asthenosphere at an angle less than ninety degrees.
 -It has to do with seafloor spreading plate geometry
  - They are completely unrelated
 
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Plate boundaries are always associated with earthquakes and volcanoes. There are mainly three types of plate boundaries, divergent plate boundary, convergent plate boundary and transform plate boundary.

 

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