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The earthquake had an intermediate depth of 94.5 km beneath the surface. The initial event was a result of reverse faulting within a subducting oceanic lithosphere which lasted for 30 seconds. After the intraslab rupture, a deep portion of the subduction zone began to slip at a depth of 32 to
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