Subduction zones produce the world's largest earthquakes ... 3,500 years and another could be 'due' to hit the region in the near future. 'This tectonic boundary experienced a great earthquake ...

"The main takeaway is that the subduction zone plate boundary contains much more foliated, damaged rocks than what we thought ...

Satellites passing through this area often experience malfunctions, with systems crashing, data corruption, and equipment failure.

more pressurised surrounding rock – forces which continue to pull the plate down into the subduction zone.Where plates are moving away from each other, they form constructive boundaries – weak ...

The Farallon plate and the North American plate once formed a subduction zone along ... slabs currently straddles the boundary between the mantle transition zone and the lower mantle roughly ...

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck south of the Fiji Islands on Monday, originating at a depth of 10km, according to the National Center for Seismology ...

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 ...