Thursday, July 31, 2025

Flashback Post LXIX

Yesterday's Magnitude 8.8 earthquake, off the coast of eastern Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, was the 6th most powerful quake ever recorded.  Geologically speaking, it occurred along a subduction zone, triggering a tsunami warning across the Pacific Ocean.  A post from April of 2009 explained this phenomenon.

See: Tsunamis and Subduction Zones