Hi,

This earthquake appears to be bit strange according to the EMSC website.
As there has never been recored such deep earthquake there before.

http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=3Dcurrent&sub=3Ddetail&id=3D164036#

This is a strange one it seems.

Regards,
J=F3n Fr=EDmann.

On m=E1n, 2010-04-12 at 00:21 -0700, Stephen Hammond wrote:
> I have not looked at this event but you might look to see if it occurred =
on
> a side flat that is dipping under the slip fault. This could be part of t=
he
> normal faulting and folding that takes place as the plates slip past each
> other. Take a look at the Loma Prieta Oct 17,1986 event and you will see =
an
> example of this. The main event was along the side Zayante Fault next to =
the
> San Andreas and in this area tectonics has subducted the Farallon Plate
> below and between the Pacific plate and the North American plate. The
> subducted plate has contributed to the uplift in the Santa Cruz mountain
> range near the north end of the Monterey Bay.
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> Regards, Steve Hammond PSN San Jose and San Santa Cruz, Aptos, California
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> Subject: Spain earthquake
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> Hi all,
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> Does anyone know why and how there was a subduction zone earthquake in a
> slip fault zone area. I do not get my head around it. My only idea so
> far is that there must be a good sized plate down there for some odd
> reason.
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> Regards,

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