Plates can also move past each other, like at the San Andreas Fault in the USA, which forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate . These are known as Transform Faults. As the plates scrape past each other , pressure builds up and is released suddenly, causing an earthquake.
At transform plate boundaries, the plates slide past each other.
At transform plate boundaries, the tectonic plates slide past each other. Transform boundaries occur where two plates horizontally slide past each other, without creating or destroying lithosphere. These boundaries are characterized by faults, which are fractures along which movement has occurred. One well-known example of a transform boundary is the San Andreas Fault in California. It is important to note that transform boundaries are neither convergent (plates colliding) nor divergent (plates moving apart).
