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M6.2 followed by M7.4 Aleaitian trench
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07-18-2017, 12:57 AM
The quakes seem to be strung out parallel to the trench. The SE-striking nodal plane of the M7.7 is right-lateral. I recall that subduction in that corner of the Pacific Plate is highly oblique, and the strike-slip component would be right-lateral. The oblique slip "partitions" into thrust on the subduction zone and right-lateral above it.

Seems like Plate Tectonics and structural geology work.




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RE: M6.2 followed by M7.4 Aleaitian trench - by Island Chris - 07-18-2017, 12:57 AM

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