Saturday's catastrophic earthquake in Nepal occurred because of two converging tectonic plates: the India plate and the overriding Eurasia plate to the north, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Tectonic plates are the large, thin, relatively rigid plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the Earth.aturday's catastrophic earthquake in Nepal occurred because of two converging tectonic plates: the India plate and the overriding Eurasia plate to the north, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Tectonic plates are the large, thin, relatively rigid plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the Earth.
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