The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is where the Pacific plate drops westward under the Australian plate. It sits just off the east coast of the North Island. Subduction zones generate the largest ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

While this causes “strike slip” quakes that are normally less powerful than those seen in “subduction zones” like Indonesia’s Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can ...

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While this causes "strike slip" quakes that are normally less powerful than those seen in "subduction zones" like Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can still reach magnitudes ...

Andaman Megathrust Zone: Located in the west, this active subduction zone is where the India Plate is forced beneath the Burma Plate at rates of 2–3.5 cm per year. Historically, large ...

While this causes "strike slip" quakes that are normally less powerful than those seen in "subduction zones" like Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can still reach magnitudes of ...

That dubious honour goes to subduction zones in places like Sumatra and Japan that generate the magnitude 9 earthquakes that caused the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 or the Tohoku tsunami of 2011.

This simple yet powerful printable encourages kids to express how they’re feeling by drawing a facial expression and coloring their monster using the zones language. They’ll choose a different ...