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The 15-margin result is based on the available direct-observation sample, while the authors identify the need for further 3D observations before linking individual rupture patches to roughness and coupling globally. MEASUREMENT

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Source: Maximum earthquake magnitude unlikely to be controlled by subduction interface roughness · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:740d720bc980322329453e339ebac279f21c96e4534e28f4c1a134aabbed55a2

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Our data inventory, covering 35 subduction zone interfaces across 15 margins, represents the best sample of direct plate interface observations currently available. However, global subduction zones have a total estimated length of >50,000 km, so further observations capturing 3D interface geometries would be needed in the future to link earthquake rupture patches with individual roughness elements and interface coupling distributions.

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35468d5d	QUALIFY	DIRECT	0	yes

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