Asia is located in which directions from the equator and from the prime meridian

Since the Earth is a sphere (ball-shaped), you can reach Asia
by going either north or south from the equator, and by going
either east or west from the Prime Meridian.

But if you want to choose the shortest possible distance, then
in order to reach Asia, you would travel north from the equator
and east from the Prime Meridian.

Answer the collision of tectonic plates;