Science news articles about 'subduction earthquakes'

... ? Although four giant subduction earthquakes occurred elsewhere in the past century, there were no cities ... recorded in areas strongly shaken by a giant earthquake. T. Heaton and J. Yang of Caltech ...

... ground motion in Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver from earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 - 9.0, ... structures to withstand seismic waves from large "subduction" earthquakes off the continent's west coast. ...

... ground motion in Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver from earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 - 9.0, ... structures to withstand seismic waves from large "subduction" earthquakes off the continent's west coast.