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present day plate movement try to make it the shortest ever
what happened during the event, which tectonic plates were involved, how it changed earth surfaces and the time event
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What happened: tectonic plates keep moving—colliding, pulling apart, sliding past—causing earthquakes, volcanism, uplift and seafloor spreading.
Which plates: all major plates (Pacific, North American, Eurasian, African, Indo‑Australian, South American, Nazca, Antarctic, etc.). Key examples: Pacific–North American (San Andreas transform), Nazca–South American (subduction → Andes), Indo‑Australian–Eurasian (collision → Himalaya).
How it changed Earth's surface: created mountains, trenches, rifts, volcanoes, faults, new ocean crust and shifted continents.
Time: ongoing now; plate speeds ~1–10 cm/year. Individual quakes last seconds–minutes, eruptions hours–years, landscape changes take millions of years.
Which plates: all major plates (Pacific, North American, Eurasian, African, Indo‑Australian, South American, Nazca, Antarctic, etc.). Key examples: Pacific–North American (San Andreas transform), Nazca–South American (subduction → Andes), Indo‑Australian–Eurasian (collision → Himalaya).
How it changed Earth's surface: created mountains, trenches, rifts, volcanoes, faults, new ocean crust and shifted continents.
Time: ongoing now; plate speeds ~1–10 cm/year. Individual quakes last seconds–minutes, eruptions hours–years, landscape changes take millions of years.
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