This is another successful and impressive geological detective story.
The largest earthquakes in the world occur at subduction zones. A subduction zone is where one continental plate is being pushed underneath another. Only a subduction zone can generate an earthquake greater than magnitude 8.5 (a "great earthquake")
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Sunday, May 03, 2015
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