Hazardous
Environments
Geography A2
,Global distribution of tecto
hazards
• Tectonics hazards include earthquakes, volcanoes and tsuna
• Most of the world’s earthquakes occur in clearly defined linea
patterns, generally following plate boundaries.
• These linear chains can be in broad belts or narrow belts and
generally are found on the ‘Pacific ring of fire’.
• Broad belts of earthquakes are associated with subduction zo
(where one plate is forced under the other) and collision boun
,Global distribution of tecto
hazards
,
Environments
Geography A2
,Global distribution of tecto
hazards
• Tectonics hazards include earthquakes, volcanoes and tsuna
• Most of the world’s earthquakes occur in clearly defined linea
patterns, generally following plate boundaries.
• These linear chains can be in broad belts or narrow belts and
generally are found on the ‘Pacific ring of fire’.
• Broad belts of earthquakes are associated with subduction zo
(where one plate is forced under the other) and collision boun
,Global distribution of tecto
hazards
,
