Geography - Restless Earth

Case studies

• Kobe 1995 or Japanese earthquake and tsunami 2011
• Tsunami example 2011 
• Haiti earthquake 2010 = LEDC comparison 
• Mauna Loa/Kilaueu, Hawaii - Shield, ongoing 
• Chance Peak, Montserrat, 1995, onwards 
• Shallow focus 
• Deep focus 
• Large magnitude - Japanese Tsunami 
• Smaller magnitude - Kobe

Plates

• Pacific
• Eurasion
• Philippine
• Indian Australian
• South American
• North American
• Arabian
• Caribbean
• Cocos
• Antarctic
• Nazca
• Juan de Fuca
• Scotia
• Indian

Plate Boundaries

Constructive - convection currents in the mantle cause two plates to move apart. As they move apart magma rises…