Earthquakes

South America is located on a big continental tectonic plate called

• Pacific Plate

• South American Plate

• Caribbean Plate

The South American Plate is in contact with the ___________ , which is located to the West of South America.

• Nazca Plate

• Caribbean PLate

• Pacific Plate

The Nazca plate goes slowly under the South American plate.

• True

• False

Earthquakes occur when two ____________ move suddenly against each other.

• countries

• regions

• tectonic plates

The place underground where the earthquake begins is the focus or ____________.

• hypocentre

• earthquake

• inner core

The point on Earth’s surface that is directly above the focus is the _________.

• inner core

• tsunami

• epicentre