An interplate earthquake occurs at the boundary between two tectonic plates. Earthquakes of this type account for more than 90 percent of the total seismic...

An intraplate earthquake occurs in the interior of a tectonic plate, in contrast to an interplate earthquake on the boundary of a tectonic plate. They...

types of earthquakes (or seismicity); including slow earthquakes, megathrust earthquakes, interplate earthquakes, and intraplate earthquakes. Unlike other...

plates. These interplate earthquakes are the planet's most powerful, with moment magnitudes (Mw) that can exceed 9.0. Since 1900, all earthquakes of magnitude...

minor earthquakes and tremors that are caused by human activity that alters the stresses and strains on the Earth's crust. Interplate earthquake, an earthquake...

Most of the foreshocks are interplate earthquakes with thrust-type focal mechanisms. Both interplate and intraplate earthquakes appeared in the aftershocks...

There are three main types of fault, all of which may cause an interplate earthquake: normal, reverse (thrust), and strike-slip. Normal and reverse faulting...

maximum Mercalli Intensity in the event was VIII (Severe). The interplate earthquake began in the ocean bottom just off the rugged coast of Graham Island...

history recorded by seismometers was the 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake, an interplate earthquake that occurred on the ocean bottom just off the rugged coast...

This list of earthquakes in Ecuador is a list of notable earthquakes that have affected Ecuador in recorded history. The active tectonics of Ecuador is...

Kuril Trench and the Japan Trench. It was an interplate earthquake. The focal mechanism of this earthquake showed movement on a thrust fault with a considerable...

earthquakes within stated limits, and particularly "the determination of parameters for the next strong earthquake to occur in a region". Earthquake prediction...

surface Intraplate earthquake – Earthquake that occurs within the interior of a tectonic plate Interplate earthquake – Earthquake that occurs at the boundary...

; Liu, M.; Yang, Y. (2002). "The 01/26/2001 Bhuj, India, Earthquake: Intraplate or Interplate?". In Stein, S.; Freymueller, J.T. (eds.). Plate Boundary...

(2003). "Cycle of Interplate Earthquake Along the Sagami Trough, Deduced from Tectonic Geomorphology" (PDF). Bulletin of Earthquake Research International...

great interplate earthquakes have occurred along the Suruga Trough and Nankai Trough, off the southwestern coasts of Japan. These earthquakes are associated...

The intensity reached shindo 5 in Miyazaki and Kōchi. This was an interplate earthquake between the Eurasian plate and the Philippine Sea plate. In this...

Trench. It was an interplate earthquake. It had a reverse faulting focal mechanism. List of earthquakes in 1995 List of earthquakes in Mexico "INICIO"...

or 2000 collapsed, according to different sources. This earthquake was an interplate earthquake between the Cocos plate and the North American plate. It...

cracked as the earthquake ruptured the faults, sending out powerful shock waves. Today threats exist throughout the country from both interplate and intraplate...

long after, major compressional events along coupled zones, suggesting interplate strain accumulation. In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 285 miles (460 km) away...

being an interplate earthquake and “…produced a tsunami of ~ 1.5 height" on the Santa Cruz Islands. In the days leading up to the major earthquake, the area...

2 m indicates a low static stress drop, more consistent with an interplate earthquake than an intraplate event. The maximum horizontal acceleration during...

15 réplicas y derrumbes: Expertos no descartan un evento mayor" [Interplate earthquake in the north of the country generates more than 15 aftershocks and...

Kanamoro H. (2012). "Intraplate and interplate faulting interactions during the August 31, 2012, Philippine Trench earthquake (M w 7.6) sequence". Geophysical...

seismology, the hypocenter of an earthquake is its point of origin below ground; a synonym is the focus of an earthquake. Generally, the terms ground zero...

(2001), The Radiated Seismic Energy and Apparent Stress of Interplate and Intraslab Earthquakes at Subduction Zone Environments: Implications for Seismic...

of the world's earthquakes occur. Such earthquakes at the plate boundary are known as interplate earthquakes. In Australia, earthquakes occurring within...

Kanamori, H. (2012). "Intraplate and interplate faulting interactions during the August 31, 2012, Philippine Trench earthquake (Mw 7.6) sequence". Geophysical...

where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates. The primary purpose of a seismometer is to locate the initiating points of earthquake epicenters...