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What has caused this damage?
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Activity
On September 4th New Zealand experienced
its strongest earthquake in 80 years.
Why does New Zealand experience earthquakes?
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Activity
The earthquake happened at a transform plate
boundary. Here, the tectonic plates are trying to
move but friction between them prevents this. The
energy builds up until suddenly they slip. This
causes an earthquake.
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Types of tectonic plate boundaries
Why do large earthquakes happen so rarely in
New Zealand?
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Image credit: USGS
Activity
1. What does the red dot on the
map show?
2. Explain how this was located.
3. What do the red rings
represent?
4. There was no risk of a
tsunami following the
earthquake. Why not?
5. Explain why New Zealand has
active volcanoes.
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Image credit: USGS