subduction
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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
Scientists have, for the first time, clearly captured a subduction zone in the act of breaking apart.
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 tectonic plates surrounding the Pacific Ocean are converging, or moving toward each other, resulting in a rough arc of subduction faults around the edge of the ocean.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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