The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones. However, a new high-resolution model shows that these remnants ...

Megathrust earthquakes occur when stress at subduction zones is released, causing significant plate slippage. These events disrupt long-term tectonic changes, complicating modeling efforts.

Aside from the danger they pose, such earthquakes disrupt the slow, long-term changes occurring at subduction zones. The cycle of sudden earthquakes and slow plate movement makes it difficult for ...

For example, the team’s model revealed the presence of subduction zone remnants beneath large oceans or within the interior of continents. All these locations were far away from plate boundaries where ...

There's often little warning when a tsunami strikes, but a research team at USF aims to improve the forecasting of these ...

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Scientists have solved the mystery of how earthquakes can occur 420 miles deep inside Earth, where extreme pressure and heat ...

Sebastian Noe / ETH Zurich Previously, submerged plates have only ever been found in subduction zones, making this an ... of seismic stations, receiver locations and seismic wave speed anomalies ...

at depths of less than 650 feet in subduction zones where earthquakes and tsunamis are most prevalent. The latest versions of the SUBGEO system were deployed in mid-December at two locations on ...

Waves that ripple from Earth's centre can be used to sense what it's made of, and where those materials might be found.