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Earthquake. >> yes. normally -- i'm having a little trouble with my ear piece. normally the situation where you have an earthquake, two tectonic plates come together in a collision, which is some of the run of the mill normal earthquake, which releases all the energy that causes the destruction. that didn't happen here. it was just one tectonic plate which ruptured, which is unusual. >> normally a great earthquake, it is the interface between the two plates sliding that creates an earthquake. this is the lower plate, that ocean slab, breaking and pulling apart. it's also why we're seeing a dea...

>> normally -- i'm having trouble with my earpiece so bear with me. normally the situation when you have an earthquake when two plates come together in sort of a collision, which is sort of the run of the mill normal earthquake which releases all the energy and causes all the destruction, that didn't happen here. it was just one ta tonic plate which ruptured? >> right. it's the interface between the two plates sliding that creates the earthquake. this is actually the lower plate, that ocean slab be breaking and pulling apart. and it's why we're seeing aftershocks there, i believe -- we had lar...