The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by a shift in two plates that pushed one section of the sea floor under another section

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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by a shift in two plates that pushed one section of the sea floor under another section

of the sea floor by 5 meters. What type of boundary is this? A) divergent B) transform Eliminate C) convergent D) metamorphic

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Virty [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-11T17:38:41+03:00

Virty [35]3 years ago

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The answer is c: Convergent boundary. I took the test and got it right

Irina18 [472] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-11T19:55:43+03:00

The correct answer is - C) convergent.

The convergent boundaries appear at places where two or more tectonic plates collide, move towards one another, and one or more of them are subducting bellow the other plate/s.

Because of the subduction that takes place, a lot of adjustments are happening in the crust, and that results in very common earthquake activity. The underwater earthquakes are the ones that can cause a tsunami, as they affect the water, as was the case with the devastating tsunami in 2004 in the Indian Ocean.