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2018 Swan Islands earthquake tsunami
How come the strike-slip 7.6 M earthquake, occurring January 9th, 2018, produced no tsunami? Has there ever been any produced in this region?
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Is the concept of seismogenic zone still relevant after the 2011 Japan earthquake?
The concept of subduction seismogenic zone, where megathrust seisms occur in a layer between an upper and a lower limit is well documented in the 1990/early 2000 literature :
Some example :
Pacheco,...
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Evidence of a seismic trigger of the Storegga Slide ~8.2ka
The Storegga Slide was a catastrophic underwater landslide that occurred off the coast of Norway about 8,200 years ago. This YouTube clip shows simulations that indicate that this slide resulted in ...
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