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What has caused this damage? © Snapshot Science, 2010 Starter Image credit: Schwede66 (Wikipedia commons) Activity On September 4th New Zealand experienced its strongest earthquake in 80 years. Why does New Zealand experience earthquakes? © Snapshot Science, 2010 Image credit: USGS 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? © Snapshot Science, 2010 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. © Snapshot Science, 2010 Image credit: USGS