Subduction zones occur at collision boundaries where at least one of the colliding lithospheric plates contains oceanic crust. In accord with plate tectonic theory, collision boundaries are sites where lithospheric plates move together and the...

The process whereby one TECTONIC PLATE slides beneath another at the junction where two such plates are moving towards each other. See also:...

In geology, a subduction zone is an area on Earth where two tectonic plates meet and move towards one another, with one sliding underneath the other and moving down into the mantle, at rates typically measured in centimeters per year. An oceanic plate...

IAF strikes Hamas military post in Gaza-Two Palestinian militants are dead following an Israeli airstrike against a Hamas military post in southern Gaza. The State is on high alert for terror acts in reprisal.Cost of resettling Jewish evacuees from Gaza estimated $1 billion dollars-The cost...

A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital, killing at least 115 people and injuring more than 1,000 others in cities farther to the south, the country's health minister said early Thursday.Seventeen people were killed when a church collapsed in the city of...

A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital, killing at least 135 people and injuring more than 1,300 others in cities farther to the south, the country's health minister said early Thursday.Seventeen people were killed when a church collapsed in the city of...

A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital, killing at least 337 people and injuring more 827 others, the Civil Defense said early Thursday.Civil Defense Commander Aristides Mussio released the figures on Peru's state television station, saying one person was killed in Lima...