subduction
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These strike-slip earthquakes can occur at shallower depths than subduction quakes, where one tectonic plate is forced below another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Seattle is best known for the earthquake danger posed by the massive Cascadia subduction zone offshore.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
While collecting sediment cores from the Cascadia subduction zone off Oregon and northern California, the team accidentally drifted off course.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2026
The study shows that subduction zones do not fail all at once.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
Just off its east coast, deep beneath the seafloor, giant chunks of Earth’s lithosphere and crust are being sucked beneath the country in a process called subduction.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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