Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics in Lima, Peru

Hello, my name is Atty and today is the first day of my journey to discover tectonic plates all over the world. I will be starting in Lima, the capitol of Peru which is located at 12 degrees 02'36.00" S and 77 degrees 01'.42.00" W. Here in Lima there are a lot of earthquakes because of the plate tectonics. The plates collide, move apart or slide past one another and eventually all of this movement causes earthquakes. Peru is on the boundary line of two tectonic plates, the Nazca Plate and South American Plate. These two plates form a convergent boundary meaning subduction. In this case it is continental crust over ocean crust. The South American Plate went over the Nazca Plate.

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