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The 20 pages that link to Megathrust earthquake, each with the reason it gives.

• SubductionRelated: The 1960 Chile and 2004 Sumatra events occurred on subduction interfaces.

• Subduction zoneBroader topic: The shallow plate interface can rupture over vast areas, producing the largest earthquakes.

• TsunamiBroader topic: Megathrust ruptures can lift or drop broad areas of seabed.

• 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunamiNarrower topic: The Tōhoku rupture was an unusually powerful example of this earthquake type.

• Nazca PlateRelated: Locked sections of the Nazca–South America boundary can release strain in these earthquakes.

• Convergent boundaryBroader topic: Locked portions of this interface can release enormous earthquakes.

• Japan TrenchRelated: The plate interface beneath the trench can rupture in unusually large earthquakes.

• 1960 Valdivia earthquakeNarrower topic: The Valdivia event was an exceptionally powerful rupture of this fault type.

• Sunda ArcRelated: The plate boundary beneath the arc can generate destructive megathrust earthquakes.

• Great Kantō EarthquakeNarrower topic: The event was a major rupture of a subduction-zone plate boundary.

• Oceanic trenchRelated: Some of the largest earthquakes rupture the plate interface beneath trenches.

• 1964 Alaska earthquakeNarrower topic: This broader earthquake class includes the 1964 rupture and explains its exceptional size.

• Wadati–Benioff zoneRelated: They rupture the shallow interface at the top of the zone, unlike its interior events.

• ForearcRelated: The forearc overlies much of the plate interface that can rupture in these earthquakes.

• Peru–Chile TrenchRelated: Locked sections of the plate boundary offshore can rupture in major earthquakes.

• Aleutian TrenchNarrower topic: The plate interface beside the trench can generate the region's most powerful earthquakes.

• Slow earthquakeCompared with: Both can occur on the same plate interface, but megathrust rupture releases strain much faster.

• Philippine TrenchRelated: Slip on the plate interface near the trench can generate powerful earthquakes.

• West SumatraNarrower topic: The Sunda subduction zone off West Sumatra creates significant earthquake and tsunami risk.

• Interplate earthquakeBroader topic: It is the most powerful interplate earthquake type, produced by rupture of a subduction interface.