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• woliveirajr 6y ago
  > The subduction of the Pacific plate beneath the North America plate, at rates of 83-90 mm/yr, generates abundant seismicity, predominantly as a result of interplate slip along the interface between the plates I always assumed those plates moved less than 5mm/year. It's almost a yard each decade.