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Why do subduction zone earthquakes typically pose a greater risk than earthquakes occurring

at divergent and transform boundaries?

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The earthquake caused a tsunami.

The Alaskan earthquake of 1964 is one of the strongest recorded earthquakes since measuring of the same is enabled, and it had a magnitude of 9.2 M, 6.7 mb. It was a devastating earthquake, causing ground fissures, and lots of structures to collapse, as well as multiple tsunamis. The amount of death's counts to 139 people, with thousands being injured. The only lucky circumstance in all the situation was that the earthquake had an effect at a place that is sparsely populated.

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