2-3 Google Earth Exercise
1.
Along the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America, there is a general correlation
between earthquake epicenters and volcano locations caused by plate boundaries
changing. The American subduction zone is where the earthquake epicenters and
volcanoes are found. The plates from the Caribbean, Cocos, and Nazca meet here. A
convergent boundary may be seen when one plate is moving beneath the other in this
region.
2.
The San Andreas Fault is the reason why there have been so many earthquakes recorded
in the Gulf of California. This would suggest a diverging plate based on the depth of the
earthquakes.
3.
The Polochic and Motagua fault produces a series of earthquake epicenters that span
Guatemala and extend eastward south of Cuba. The plate border in question is more
intricate. While the North American plate is a boundary of transformation, the western
portion is a subduction boundary.
4.
The number of volcanoes decreases as I go east through Panama from Costa Rica. In
contrast to those on the western border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, these earthquakes
are also shallower.
5.
The plate of Nazca is migrating east to northeast.
6.
Shield volcanoes are the most typical kind of volcano in this area. This indicates that the
magma type is basaltic with low viscosity.
7.
I believe that the Galapagos Islands and Panama are separated by a divergent and
convergent plate boundary. The fact that it collides with one plate while moving away
from another as it advances east is proof.
