38920 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/answering-the-big-questions-about-big-subduction-zone-earthquakes/14682/Professor Kevin P Furlong from the Geodynamics Research Group at Geosciences Penn State discusses subduction zone earthquakes. Earthquakes in subduction zones, where two tectonic plates meet and one sinks (or subducts) beneath the other, play host to the largest earthquakes on Earth.2021-09-24T12:21+0200innovationnewsnetwork-ee0b19dc11eef6b0bb65864b1b5634a720210924122100https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/alaska-earthquake-magnitude-55-quake-reported-near-andreanof-islands/ZFCZQ6VHRZH7REHZ4FOSEYMU7Q/. Alaska earthquake: Magnitude 5.5 quake reported near Andreanof Islands Stock photo of a seismometer. A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Alaska's Andreanof Islands overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting. (Gary S Chapman/Getty Images) September 24, 2021 at 3:50 am EDT By Michelle....2021-09-24T10:31+0200wftv-dfcccf93b12810213c7f7e62c35bd46020210924103100https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/alaska-earthquake-magnitude-55-quake-reported-near-andreanof-islands/ZFCZQ6VHRZH7REHZ4FOSEYMU7Q/. Alaska earthquake: Magnitude 5.5 quake reported near Andreanof Islands Stock photo of a seismometer. A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Alaska's Andreanof Islands overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting. (Gary S Chapman/Getty Images) September 24, 2021 at 12:50 am PDT By Michelle....2021-09-24T10:24+0200kiro7-e9cffd8701f7abbc23d5eb14c4e39d2d20210924102400https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/trending/alaska-earthquake-magnitude-55-quake-reported-near-andreanof-islands/ZFCZQ6VHRZH7REHZ4FOSEYMU7Q/. Alaska earthquake: Magnitude 5.5 quake reported near Andreanof Islands Stock photo of a seismometer. A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Alaska's Andreanof Islands overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting. (Gary S Chapman/Getty Images) September 24, 2021 at 3:50 am EDT By Michelle....2021-09-24T10:17+0200actionnewsjax-dfcccf93b12810213c7f7e62c35bd46020210924101700