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 How does a transform boundary move?
 What type of boundary (and crust) creates
mountains?
 Describe subduction.
 What causes tectonic plates to move?
Haiti Earthquake
 Earthquake in Haiti – 1/12/2010
 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince
 Transform (Strike Slip) Fault
 North American and Caribbean Plates
 Magnitude 7.0
 Haiti’s strongest in 200 years
 Only 6 miles deep
 Several aftershocks (Earth’s crust settling)
http://scienceblogs.com/highlyallochthonous/2010/01/tectonics_of_the_haiti_earthqu.php
Pres. Palace BEFORE
Pres. Palace AFTER
 CNN Video