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Tag Archives: North American plate
The Ring of Fire: Shaking in Central America
This past Monday 7 July 2014, 1:23:55 UTC, 60 km beneath the Earth’s surface the constant bump and grind of the Cocos tectonic plate as it continuously subducts under the North American plate triggered a M6.9 earthquake near its boundary … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Featured, Plate Tectonics, Science
Tagged Caribbean Plate, Cococ tectonic plate, Cocos plate, Guatemala, Guatemala City, Mexico, MM6.9 earthquake of 7 July 2014, North American plate, North American tectonic plate, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ring of Fire, Puerto Madero, Ring of Fire, seismicity
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Recent Earthquake Activity in Central America and the Caribbean
On Wednesday 5 September 2012 at 8:42 a.m.local time, a M7.6 relatively shallow earthquake hit near the town of Hojancha in the Nicoya Peninsula on the Pacific coastline of Costa Rica. Several aftershocks of lesser magnitude, but at least 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Featured, Geology, Hazards, Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes
Tagged British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Plate, Chiltepe Peninsula, Chinandega, Cocos plate, Cosiguina Volcano, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Earthquake in Costa Rica, Earthquakes, El Salvador, Haiti, Leon, Managua, Nazca plate, Nicaragua, North American plate, Plate Tectonics, Puerto Rico, San Cristobal Volcano, South American plate, Subduction, U.S. Virgin Islands, Volcamic eruption, Vulcanism
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