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Subduction zones systems, from the deep inslab environments through the megathrust and shallow crustal faults, are the locus of multiple perils including ground shaking, fault displacement, tsunami, liquefaction and co-seismic landslide. Much fundamental science has occurred and is planned to investigate the conditions that encourage and trigger these events, improving our understanding of the complex dynamics across time and space. The application of this knowledge allows us to keep people and infrastructure safer through modelling of expected outcomes and real-time monitoring. 
 
This session explores and encourages contributions concerning the application of subduction zone science to quantify earthquake shaking, ground failure, tsunami and their impacts to society, including building and infrastructure damage. Such applications include but are not limited to: empirical and numerical modeling of shaking and impacts, earthquake scenarios and mitigation planning, loss and risk assessment, financial loss considerations, earthquake response tools, understanding long-duration ground motions and building response and other related analyses. We also encourage comparison of shaking and loss estimates from other global subduction earthquakes for evaluating anticipated Cascadia and Alaskan megathrust, crustal and intraslab earthquakes effects. This session is meant to be separate from the additional challenges of constraining earthquake occurrence, locations, rates, magnitudes and other topics that are typically covered under PSHA. 
 
We hope to highlight the use cases of fundamental subduction science. By bridging the gap between earthquake science and application, our scientific community will be better positioned to meet the needs of stakeholders and end users such as policy makers, planners, emergency managers and grass roots organizations. 

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