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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The precise location of Sunday’s massive earthquake off Indonesia surprised geologists because it hit an area that had been quiet for more than a century. The whole region is a geological hotbed ...

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.

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 ...

"For the Australian region subduction zones of particular significance are the Sunda subduction zone, running from the Andaman Islands along Sumatra and Java to Sumba, and the Hikurangi subduction ...

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.