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" ... In order for an earthquake to form a tsunami, there must be a significant vertical offset of the crust, which causes displacement of the water. In this region of Alaska, the research team found that there is a normal fault which splits the overriding continental plate into a larger continental piece and a chip close to the coast. The small wedge is located in between the subducting plate and the overriding continental plate. ... "
" ... This quake took place at a point where the Pacific plate is moving towards and descending (subducting) under the North American plate at the Alaska-Aleutians Trench, a fair way south of the epicentre of this particular event. The grinding of these plates means that seismic events are commonplace throughout the region; in the last century, fourteen magnitude 6.0 or higher quakes have occurred, with at least two damaging quakes being of a similar depth to the November 30th Anchorage event. ... "