This huge jolt happened as the Nazcaplate moved down and landward below the South American plate.
这次巨大的摇晃发生在纳斯卡板块下移,向南美板块下的近陆移动。
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The two plates are converging at a rate of 80 mm per r, with the Nazcaplate moving down and landward below the South American plate.
两个板块每年以80毫米的速度靠拢,纳斯卡板块沿着朝向陆地并偏下的方向在南美板块下方移动。
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Just off its coast is the Nazcaplate, which rests below the south-eastern Pacific Ocean and slides beneath the South American tectonic plate by some 9 centimetres a year.