the researchers are planning to examine data from seismometers placed on the ocean floor in offshore Japan to probe into more rocks along the plate interface of the Japan subduction zone.

Schematic figure of the subduction zone underneath the Kanto region (left) in Japan and the spatial distribution of magnitude 2 to 6 earthquakes on the subduction zone at 60 to 70 kilometers below ...

Conducted by researchers from Ocean University of China and Tohoku University, Japan ... conventional models of subduction-driven circulation. The Tonga Subduction Zone, characterized by the ...

A study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really matter for the generation of earthquakes. Earthquakes occur along fault lines between ...