Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Earthquakes of the E portfolio
Oceanic-Continental
Location: Washington
Mag: 4.2
Date: Nov 16, 2010
Time: 7:51 AM
Depth: 14.7 Km
Why?: Oceanic plate subducting under a continental one
Oceanic-Oceanic
Location: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mag: 5.1
Date: Nov 14, 2010
Time: 10:22 AM
Depth: 10 Km
Why?: Oceanic plates in the Atlantic Ocean Spreading Apart
Continental-Continental
Location: Southern Iran
Mag: 4.7
Date: Nov 13, 2010
Time: 1:30 AM
Depth: 37.2 Km
Why?: Two continental plates converging
Divergent
Location: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mag: 5.1
Date: Nov 14, 2010
Time: 11:26 PM
Depth: 10Km
Why?: Atlantic trench is created by oceanic plates separating
Transform
Location: South New Zealand
Mag: 4.7
Date: Nov 14, 2010
Time: 1:34 AM
Depth: 5.3Km
Why?: Alpine fault in New Zealand is a transform boundary
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment