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meagbuch

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on: Jul 14, 2018
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


durant1234

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
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.

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