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Why do strong earthquakes occur?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

In subduction zones, the scraping lithosphere can form a ridged springboard that is loaded by the subducting lithosphere. When the load is enough to overcome the friction of subduction, it can unload within minutes causing massive earthquakes along the fault.

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