Two plates may slide past each other in opposite directions, this is called what?
shearing plate boundary
downstream plate boundary
earthquake
transform plate boundary
Two plates may slide past each other in opposite directions. This is called a transform plate boundary. These plate boundaries experience massive earthquakes. The world’s best known transform fault is the San Andreas Fault in California ( Figure below ). At this fault, the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other. Transform plate boundaries are most common as offsets along mid-ocean ridges.