Fig.1: Subducting slab and intermediate earthquakes underneath Honshu island (IMAGE)

Ehime University

Fig.1: Subducting slab and intermediate earthquakes underneath Honshu island

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Intermediate earthquakes occur in the subducting slabs at depths of 50-300 km. Hypocenters of intermediate earthquakes form seismic zones.

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Tomohiro Ohuchi, Ehime University

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