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Yes. It is also the type most likely to cause a tsunami.

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Yes, subduction can lead to earthquakes. When tectonic plates collide and one plate slides beneath the other, the stress and pressure from this movement can build up and eventually be released in the form of an earthquake. Subduction zones are known for producing some of the largest and most powerful earthquakes that have occurred on Earth.

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How do convergent and transform boundaries cause earthquakes?

It can cause earthquakes, volcanoes, oceanic trenches, mountains, tsunamis, and subduction.


Why are tsunamis associated with earthquakes?

Well, earthquakes do cause tsunamis. But only underwater earthquakes. Plus, they have to be a transform plate boundary earthquake(caused by subduction).Any displacement of water will cause a tsunami. In short, some underwater earthquakes cause tsunamis.


What is the difference in spreading center earthquakes and subduction zone?

Spreading center earthquakes are always shallow, subduction zone earthquakes can be very deep.Spreading center earthquakes are typically of lower magnitude than subduction zone earthquakes.


Earthquakes that cause damage over larger areas are most likely to have occurred at?

subduction boundaries


What is one suggested cause of deep focus earthquakes?

Stress due to the subduction of tectonic plates into Earth's mantle.


What forms as a result of subduction?

earthquakes!


Where the earthquakes located?

In subduction zones.


The deepest earthquakes occur were?

The deepest earthquakes occur at subduction zones where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another into the Earth's mantle. These earthquakes can occur as deep as 700 km below the surface.


Do earthquakes occur in subduction zones?

For sure.


What plate boundaries experience the deepest earthquakes?

Subduction zones have the deepest earthquakes.


Is there a connection between earthquakes and tidal waves?

Yes. Earthquakes at subduction zones can trigger tsunamis.


How do tetonic plates cause earthquakes?

the tectonic plates can cause earthquakes because they can move three different ways. there are some called divergent, convergent and transform. they can sometimes even do some subduction or even rise up that is also how mountains are made.