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Subduction Zone
What is a
subduction zone?
Ocean to
Continental
Ocean to Ocean
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B. During an
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Robert McCaffrey
Region
Subduction rate
(mm/yr)
South Chile 70
Date
1960
9.6
New
Zealand
North
Sumatra
43
120
1931
7.8
33
72
2004
9.3
Nankai
57
20
1707
8.8
Kamchatka
78
84
1952
8.9
Kuriles
81
110
1963
8.5
Alaska
54
42
1964
9.3
West
Aleutian
Cascadia
73
84
1965
8.7
42
1700
9.1
South American
New Zealand
New Zealand
Sumatra, 2005
Thrust-faulting on the
interface of the India
plate and the Burma
plate
Fault- rupture
propagated to the
northwest from the
epicenter for about
500 km with a
maximum
displacement of the
plane about 20 meters
Japanese islands
Nankai
Location map of Nankai margin,
illustrating the coseismic slip
areas of the 1944 (light red
filled contours) and 1946
(blue arrows denote rupture
sequence) earthquakes
obtained from the tsunami
data and seismic wave data.
Red contours indicate the
plate depth from the sea
floor. Areas marked in black
represent locations with 2.5
km water depth and 7 km
sub-bottom depth to the
plate interface
A unilateral rupture
propagating from southeast to
northwest for about 600 km.
Three major pulses of moment
release were identified from the
analysis of teleseismic Pwaves
which correlate with Rat, Buldir, and
Near tectonic blocks
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Conclusion
By
References
Long-Term Perspectives on Giant Earthquakes and Tsunamis at Subduction Zones by Kenji Satake1 and Brian F.
Atwater2
Global frequency of magnitude 9 earthquakes by Robert McCaffrey
NanTroSEIZE: The Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment A Proposed IODP Complex Drilling Project
Revised October 1, 2003
Ultralong Period Seismic Study of the December 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Implications for Regional
Tectonics and the Subduction Process by Seth Stein and Emile A. Okal
The Great Sumatra Quake by Mark Wheeler
Subduction zone coupling and tectonic block rotations in the North Island, New Zealand Laura M. Wallace and
John Beavan. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Appendix L: Cascadia Subduction Zone By Arthur D. Frankel1 and Mark D. Petersen1
www3.telus.net/.../images/subduction.gif
Surviving a TsunamiLessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan Compiled by Brian F. Atwater, Marco Cisternas V.1,
Joanne Bourgeois2, Walter C. Dudley3, James W. Hendley II, and Peter H.Stauffer 1999; Reprinted 2001;
revised and reprinted 2005 http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/
USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/Maps/map_south_america_plates.html
Chapter 2 www.cdemhawkesbay.govt.nz/PicsHotel/cdem/Brochure/Facing%20the%20Risks_Chap
%202_Earthquake%20Hazards
Subduction zone coupling and tectonic block rotations in the North Island, New Zealand Laura M. Wallace and
John Beavan Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
http://www.freewebs.com/mdreyes3/plate-tectonics.jpg
Tectonic Summary Magnitude 9.1 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 00:58:53 UTC
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2004/eq_041226/neic_slav_ts.html
A new view into the Cascadia subduction zone and volcanic arc: Implications for earthquake hazards along the
Washington margin Tom Parsons et others .