What type of faults tend to produce the most destructive ...

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What type of faults tend to produce the most destructive earthquakes?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The ________ has the greatest number of storms, averaging 20 per year.
 
  A) South Atlantic B) North Atlantic C) South Pacific D) North Pacific

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Answer to Question 1

Convergent plate boundaries with a subducting slab of oceanic lithosphere and an overlying plate form a megathrust fault. Because these large thrust faults lie beneath the ocean floor and experience vertical motion that can displace the overlying water, they are capable of generating destructive tsunamis.

Answer to Question 2

D