Global Challenges - Hazard Distribution

Why are earthquakes common in some parts of the world? (4)

Plate Boundaries:

• Destructibe plate boundary - oceanic plate subducts underneath continental plate as it is heavier causing pressure at the mantle to build up and release when pressure gets released in the form of seismic waves e.g Phillipines where Phillipines plate is subducted underneath the eurasion plate.
• Conservative plate boundary - when two plates are sliding past eachother and when one is going faster than the other causing…