subduction
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Scientists have, for the first time, clearly captured a subduction zone in the act of breaking apart.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
Over millions of years, this gradual loss of momentum can bring the entire subduction system to a stop.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
However, seismic instruments have occasionally detected earthquake origins beneath continents and away from subduction zones, in some cases as much as 50 miles below the Moho.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026
The July 29 earthquake struck in the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone with a magnitude of 8.8, making it the sixth largest earthquake recorded worldwide since 1900.
From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026
When the crust reached the end of its journey at the boundary with continents, it plunged back into the Earth in a process known as subduction.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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