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Categories: Tsunami, Plate tectonics, Megathrust earthquakes, Types of earthquake, Articles with short description
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megathrust earthquake  megathrust  megathrust earthquakes  thrust earthquake  Thrust earthquakes
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Megathrust earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another. Wikipedia
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Megathrust earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another. Wikipedia
Earthquakes that occur at subduction zones at destructive convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another. These earthquakes are the planet's most powerful, with moment magnitudes (Mw) that can exceed 9.0 Wikidata
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earthquake
HAS KIND
Kantō earthquakes
Nankai megathrust earthquakes
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超巨大地震
1964 Alaska earthquake
1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake
HAS INSTANCE
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
1896 Sanriku earthquake
2013 Solomon Islands earthquake
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megathrust earthquake
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megathrust earthquake
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megathrust, megathrust earthquakes, thrust earthquake, Thrust earthquakes

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