Talk:List of tectonic plate interactions
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°′″₳€₯♣==Start== Discussion opened 04:06, 13 November 2005 (UTC) Tectonic plates are what create mountains Pangea is all the continents together
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
[edit]From Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics (USGS): "The interiors of the plates themselves are largely free of large earthquakes, that is, they are aseismic. There are notable exceptions to this. An obvious one is the 1811-1812 earthquakes at New Madrid, Missouri, and another is the 1886 earthquake at Charleston, South Carolina. As yet there is no satisfactory plate tectonic explanation for these isolated events; consequently, we will have to find alternative mechanisms. "