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SUBMITTER: Zhao D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5353660 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Dapeng D Fujisawa Moeto M Toyokuni Genti G
Scientific reports 20170315
On 30 May 2015 an isolated deep earthquake (~670 km, Mw 7.9) occurred to the west of the Bonin Islands. To clarify its causal mechanism and its relationship to the subducting Pacific slab, we determined a detailed P-wave tomography of the deep earthquake source zone using a large number of arrival-time data. Our results show that this large deep event occurred within the subducting Pacific slab which is penetrating into the lower mantle. In the Izu-Bonin region, the Pacific slab is split at ~28° ...[more]