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Subduction zone earthquakes cause the overriding plate to stretch and subside. Excessive subsidence of volcanoes during the large quakes in Chile in 2010 and Japan in 2011 highlight an unexpected response of volcanic areas to the sudden tectonic pull.

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Figure 1: Deformation of the overriding plate and volcanic arc between and during megathrust earthquakes.

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  • 16 July 2013

    In the version of this News & Views originally published online, the published online date was incorrect; it should have read 1 July 2013. This has been corrected in all versions of the News & Views.

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  1. Sigurjón Jónsson is with the Earth Science and Engineering Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia,

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Jónsson, S. Sunken volcanoes. Nature Geosci 6, 591–592 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1876

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