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noun
A sudden large-scale slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate, resulting in a major earthquake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English thrust English megathrust From mega- + thrust.
