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Share This Story. The largest earthquakes in the world occur along subduction zones, the meeting point of two tectonic plants where one subducts (or sinks) beneath the other. The magnitude 9.2 earthquake in December 2004 is one of the strongest quakes in recent history.hare This Story. The largest earthquakes in the world occur along subduction zones, the meeting point of two tectonic plants where one subducts (or sinks) beneath the other. The magnitude 9.2 earthquake in December 2004 is one of the strongest quakes in recent history.
Stable subduction zones involve the oceanic lithosphere of one plate sliding beneath the continental lithosphere or oceanic lithosphere of another plate due to the higher density of the oceanic lithosphere. That is, the subducted lithosphere is always oceanic while the over-riding lithosphere may or may not be oceanic. Subduction zones are sites of high rates of volcanism, earthquakes, and mountain building. Orogenesis, or mountain-building, occurs when large pieces of material on the subducting plate (such as island arcs) are pressed into the over-riding plate or when subhorizontal contraction occurs in the over-riding plate.