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		jacquesm 48 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami war... Unfortunately Spain and Portugal have seen quite a few earthquakes over the centuries, some of them quite deadly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Spain

pfdietz 48 days ago | [–]

There may be a new subduction zone forming in the Atlantic off the coast there.

This all happens in geologic slow motion, of course.

https://www.livescience.com/37418-subduction-zone-forming-of...

anthk 46 days ago | [–]

That's the South; the zone I'm posting about it's pretty much near the Atlantic modulo a small mountain range.

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