Use the earthquake distribution map to answer the question.

Scientists have found that shallow and narrow bands of earthquakes occur at divergent boundaries.

Where would a divergent boundary occur?

between the South American and African Plates

between the Australian and Eurasian Plates

between the Eurasian and African Plates

between the Nazca and South American Plates

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Corbin Reid

Geography

22 December, 20:25

Use the earthquake distribution map to answer the question.

Scientists have found that shallow and narrow bands of earthquakes occur at divergent boundaries.

Where would a divergent boundary occur?

between the South American and African Plates

between the Australian and Eurasian Plates

between the Eurasian and African Plates

between the Nazca and South American Plates

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Belle · Answer 1

between the South American and African Plates

Explanation:

The easterly edge is a divergent boundary with the African Plate; the southerly edge is a complex boundary with the Antarctic Plate, the Scotia Plate, and the Sandwich Plate; the westerly edge is a convergent boundary with the subducting Nazca Plate; and the northerly edge is a boundary with the Caribbean Plate and the oceanic crust of the North American Plate.