The Nazca plate moves at 90 degrees at a rate of 58 2 km per million years.

However, the area is still tectonically active with the Nazca plate estimated to move eastward at the rate of 3.7 cm per year.

But the land closest to the Nazca plate - the continent's western coast - is home to the driest deserts on earth.

Due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate this area is very prone to volcanic and seismic activity.

Earthquake activity in Chile is related to subduction of the Nazca Plate to the east.

As these two plates converge, it drives the Nazca plate with massive movements called megathrust earthquakes.

The westerly side is a convergent boundary with the subducting Nazca Plate.

It hit where the Nazca oceanic plate slowly grinds its way beneath the western edge of South America.

The ridge was formed by the Nazca Plate floating over the Easter hotspot.

The rupture was located on the Nazca plate where it is being pushed beneath the mantle of the South American continent.