Wadati Benioff zone, image from Tonga trench, OceanOcean crust,

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Wadati Benioff zone, image from Tonga trench,
Ocean-Ocean crust, Deep brittle deformation?
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Typical depths of Earthquakes along plate
boundaries
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E-quake damage
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Mercalli versus Richter scale
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Problems with the Mercalli Scale- unfortunately
there is not equal amounts of destruction in all
directions!
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Occurrence
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Magnitude/ Occurrence
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Mud Volcanoes!
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Cross Section of Tsunami
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Predictability?
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Hazard Map for the US