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Why does transverse tectonic plate movement create more destructive earthquakes than subductive movement?

April 26, 2017earth Geology Mathematics movement plate sciences tectonic transverse

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Why does transverse tectonic plate movement create more destructive earthquakes than subductive movement?

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Well, I can give you the short and correct answer rather than the “cut and paste” poster. Simply, a transverse plate movements are shallow focus earthquakes generate high frequency seismic waves and subduction zone quakes are deep focus which generate lower frequency seismic waves.