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  1. Circum Pacific Belt

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    Seismicity and Tectonic Strain
    Seismic activity along the CPB is the direct result of the frictional resistance encountered during subduction. Earthquakes generated here are typically intermediate-to-deep focus, occurring in the Wadati–Benioff zone descending into the mantle.
    The average slip rate across the CPB exhibits significant variability, calculated using Global Positioning System (GPS)/) derived measurements supplemented by historical re…

  2. Intermediate Depth Seismicity

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    Tectonic Setting and Distribution
    IDS is overwhelmingly concentrated within Subduction Zones, specifically within the descending lithospheric slab (the Wadati-Benioff zone). While the upper portion of the subducting slab undergoes brittle fracture mechanisms analogous to shallow earthquakes, the onset of IDS marks the transition to conditions where conventional frictional rupture becomes mechanically unlikely. The spatial distribution…

  3. Pacific Ring Of Fire

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    Seismic Characteristics
    The vast majority of the world's destructive earthquakes occur within the Ring of Fire. These seismic events are overwhelmingly associated with the convergent boundaries where subduction is active. The earthquakes can be shallow (near the trench) or extremely deep (reaching depths of $700 \text{ km}$), corresponding to the dipping slab of the subducting plate, known as the Wadati-Benioff zone.
    The recurrence interval for major megathrust earthquakes—those exceeding magnitude 8.0—is highly variable. Areas like the Cascadia subduction…

  4. Plate Boundary

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    Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence: One oceanic plate subducts beneath another, forming a deep-sea trench and often generating a volcanic island arc on the overriding plate (e.g., the Mariana Islands).
    Oceanic-Continental Convergence: The oceanic plate subducts beneath the continental plate, resulting in a deep trench, a magmatic continental arc (e.g., t…

  5. Subduction Zone

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    As the subducting slab descends, dehydration reactions occur at depths generally exceeding 100 km. Water and volatile-rich fluids are driven from the hydrous minerals within the oceanic crust and underlying mantle wedge into the overlying asthenosphere. This fluid flux significantly lowers the melting temperature of the overlying mantle wedge peridotite (flux melting), generating primary basaltic magmas. These magmas rise, often ponding in crustal reservoirs, wher…