Wadati–Benioff zone
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Wadati–Benioff zone
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A Wadati–Benioff zone is a planar zone of seismicity corresponding with the down-going slab in a subduction zone. Differential motion along the zone produces numerous earthquakes, the foci of which may be as deep as about 670 km (420 mi). The term was named for the two seismologists, Hugo Benioff of the California Institute of Technology and Kiyoo Wadati of the Japan Meteorological Agency, who independently discovered the zones. Wadati–Benioff zone earthquakes develop beneath volcanic island arc
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Planar zone of seismicity corresponding with the down-going slab
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadati%E2%80%93Benioff_zone
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2024-01-11T17:53:16Z
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