Sentences with phrase «subduction zone segments»
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The earthquake occurred along a 500 - kilometre segment of the Peru - Chile subduction zone, where part of the Nazca Plate in the Pacific Ocean plunges beneath the South American Plate.
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The Cascadia Subduction Zone runs from northern California to British Columbia, and scientists say it can be roughly divided into four segments.
The great Sumatra - Andaman earthquake of Dec. 26, 2004, for instance, unzipped a 1,300 kilometer long segment of the subduction zone and unleashed one of history's most destructive, deadly tsunamis.