Sentences with phrase «prone subduction zones»

In the early 1980s, two Caltech geophysicists, Tom Heaton and Hiroo Kanamori, compared Cascadia to active quake - prone subduction zones along the coasts of Chile and Alaska and to the Nankai Trough off the coast of Japan.

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The study found compact sediments along the coast of Washington and northern Oregon, a result that suggests that the area could be more prone to producing larger quakes than subduction zone areas farther south with less compact sediments.