What type of plate boundary exists along the east (right) margin of the diagram? How do you know? Please explain
What will be an ideal response?
The boundary is a subduction zone. The outlined plate (ocean side) is subducting under the continent on the right. I know this because the deep focused earthquakes are on the continental plate and these are formed by the subducting slab as it moves underneath the continent.
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