If the subduction zone near Sendai can produce a great quake, then other areas with similarly
old ocean crust might too, says Okal, who says that Tonga and the northeastern Caribbean are regions to look at more closely.
Not exact matches
And the
ocean crust off the northeast part of Japan, having formed about 140 million years ago, is about as
old as it can get.
The Emperor of
Ocean Park is set in two privileged worlds: the upper
crust African American society of the eastern seaboard —
old families who summer on Martha's Vineyard — and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school.