subduction occurs where 2 continents meet or where the tectonic plates meet. :)
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions do not usually happen away from a subduction zone. Subduction zones are known for their intense seismic activity and volcanic activity due to the movement of tectonic plates.
subduction
A plate will subduct for tens to hundreds of millions of years.
Subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.
Earthquake mostly happen around the ring of fire, around the Pacific ocean.
A subductive collision.
Chile is located on a tectonic plate boundery and a subduction zone called the Peru-Chile trench. Very violent earthquakes happen at subduction zones.
The ring is the location of subduction zones
Some other part of the crust must be "disappearing" (subduction).
A synonym for subduction is decrease.
When that happens a earthquake is produced.
That is the correct spelling of "subduction."