Understanding subduction zone earthquakes: The 2004 Sumatra earthquake Date: June 23, 2015 Source: Geological Society of America Summary: The 26 December 2004 Mw ~9.2 Indian Ocean earthquake (also ...

According to the theory, the Sumatra subduction zone was capable of no more than a magnitude 8 earthquake, Okal explains. "The cold shower we got was Sumatra," said Okal. "We have a 9.3 on our hands.

Understanding subduction zone earthquakes: The 2004 Sumatra earthquake example New Geology articles posted online ahead of print June 23, 2015 Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

The subduction of topographic features has been linked both to earthquake generation and the segmentation of faults. Seismic imaging reveals a seamount subducted to 40-km depth below Sumatra that ...

The subduction zone that brought us the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami is ripe for yet another large event, despite a sequence of quakes that occurred in the Mentawai Islands area in ...

Most large earthquakes that occur in oceans take place at subduction zones, ... The epicentre of today’s quake, however, was a vertical crack through the ocean crust 400 kilometres west of Sumatra.

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward ...

Kerry Sieh, a Caltech geologist, was planning to fly next week to Sumatra to continue his study of the coral heads off the western coast of the Indonesian island. Biology, he knew, can be shaped ...

TEMPO.CO, Bandung - A magnitude 5.1 tectonic earthquake hits three provinces in Sumatra: Bengkulu, Jambi and South Sumatra, BMKG reports. “It was felt in an extended area because the hypocenter of the ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8 or greater in the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land to sink more than 6.5 feet and expand the 100-year flood plain, an area with at least a 1% ...

According to the theory, the Sumatra subduction zone was capable of no more than a magnitude 8 earthquake, Okal explains. "The cold shower we got was Sumatra," said Okal. "We have a 9.3 on our hands.