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megathrust earthquake

earthquakes that occur at subduction zones at destructive convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another. These earthquakes are the planet's most powerful, with moment magnitudes (Mw) that can exceed 9.0
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megathrust earthquake

Summary

megathrust earthquake is a type of earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type_of_earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (709 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • megathrust earthquake's instance of is recorded as type of earthquake[3].
  • megathrust earthquake's subclass of is recorded as interplate earthquake[4].
  • megathrust earthquake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04tlg0[5].
  • megathrust earthquake's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Megathrust earthquakes[6].
  • megathrust earthquake's facet of is recorded as megathrust[7].
  • megathrust earthquake's has list is recorded as list of megathrust earthquakes[8].
  • megathrust earthquake's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000679[9].
  • megathrust earthquake's Environment Ontology ID is recorded as 01000679[10].
  • megathrust earthquake's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781209890[11].

Why It Matters

megathrust earthquake ranks in the top 5% of type_of_earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (709 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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