but the real, much less common, bigger threat every few 100 years is from a 9-plus magnitude quake from the Cascadia Subduction Zone," explained FOX 35 Meteorologist Noah Bergren. The Cascadia ...

A subduction zone is created where two plates converge, with one sinking into the mantle. Dynamics along the plate interface create earthquakes, magma generated above the sinking slab leads to ...

This thermodynamic model can then be applied to real-world conditions. Of great interest are subduction zones. Subduction zones are regions where a tectonic plate is diving under another plate.

What happens, then, to keep the Earth the same size? The answer is subduction. In locations around the world, ocean crust subducts, or slides under, other pieces of Earth's crust. The boundary ...

Aside from the danger they pose, such earthquakes disrupt the slow, long-term changes occurring at subduction zones.The cycle of sudden earthquakes and slow plate movement makes it difficult for ...