General How subduction fault earthquakes are formed

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This model shows how subduction fault earthquakes are formed

This is an example of a "subduction fault" where one patch of earth is being pushed under another, like the pacific plate being pushed under Japan. But there are many types of fault lines: slip-strike, thrust, dip-slip, oblique, etc.