The north and south sides have a lot less earthquakes, with the north side remaining more shallow and the south side having a wider range, but again with a lot fewer earthquakes. The middle of the plate, in the sea, there are almost no earthquakes at all. It isn’t unusual to have earthquakes along plate boundaries, as the plates aren’t the smoothest things in the world. The plates could catch or get stuck on each other until the pressure building up becomes too much and one buckles, falling or is pushed up suddenly against the other, creating an earthquake. There also tends to be earthquakes near volcanoes, which is exactly the situation on the east and west sides of the plate, though on the north and south there are no volcanoes. The east side of the plate, along Central America, there have been way bigger eruptions than the west side. The west side of the plate has also had a lot more, deeper earthquakes than the other sides of the plate. The Cocos and Caribbean plates could have subduction occurring, considering that the west side of the plate has a lot more height directly next to a deep trench, a lot of earthquake and volcanic activity, and the sea floor is a little older in that
The north and south sides have a lot less earthquakes, with the north side remaining more shallow and the south side having a wider range, but again with a lot fewer earthquakes. The middle of the plate, in the sea, there are almost no earthquakes at all. It isn’t unusual to have earthquakes along plate boundaries, as the plates aren’t the smoothest things in the world. The plates could catch or get stuck on each other until the pressure building up becomes too much and one buckles, falling or is pushed up suddenly against the other, creating an earthquake. There also tends to be earthquakes near volcanoes, which is exactly the situation on the east and west sides of the plate, though on the north and south there are no volcanoes. The east side of the plate, along Central America, there have been way bigger eruptions than the west side. The west side of the plate has also had a lot more, deeper earthquakes than the other sides of the plate. The Cocos and Caribbean plates could have subduction occurring, considering that the west side of the plate has a lot more height directly next to a deep trench, a lot of earthquake and volcanic activity, and the sea floor is a little older in that