New Britain subduction zone | |
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Etymology | New Britain |
Tectonics | |
Plate | Australian, New Hebrides |
Status | Active |
Earthquakes | Up to Mw8.1[2] |
Age | Miocene-current |
The New Britain subduction zone is one of the most recently formed and most active subduction zones on earth, producing great earthquakes (magnitude 8.1 or greater), with potential for tsunami hazard, and being associated with active volcanism,[3] as part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.[4] It has a close relationship to an area of subduction tectonic activity that extends south eastward from New Britain to the Vanuatu subduction zone, involving the north eastern portion of the Australian Plate and its complicated collision dynamics with the south-western portion of the Pacific Plate.[3]
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