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This event is shown to have occurred along a sub-horizontal fault, over a dimension of 55 +/- 10 km by 25 +/- 10 km in the north-south and in the east-west direction, respectively. When combined with a precisely determined geometry of the slab, the rupture has a small extent of only 15 +/- 6 km across the slab's thickness. This configuration of the seismogenic zone removes the problem of fitting a large vertical fault in a shallowly dipping slab faced by previous researchers. Unlike some large deep earthquakes in South America, the entire seismogenic zone can in fact be placed within the coldest core of the slab. The distribution of slip during this earthquake can be explained by a circular rupture, propagating at a normal speed of 3--4 km/s. These findings are then discussed in the context of ruptures during other large deep earthquakes. Seismic moment released by the aftershocks during the 1995 Mariana sequence was found to amount up to 17% of the mainshock's moment. Such a high aftershock productivity is extremely unusual even for shallow earthquakes. Based on the inversion of broadband P and SH waveforms, however, source mechanisms of this sequence show no unusual features. By comparing the productivity of aftershocks among the 33 largest deep earthquakes on a global scale, it is proposed that anomalously high level of aftershock activity in the Mariana is linked to the unique configuration of the slab near the base of the transition zone. Overall, it is established that deep earthquakes have definitive characteristics in rupture dimensions and in aftershock productivity. 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This configuration of the seismogenic zone removes the problem of fitting a large vertical fault in a shallowly dipping slab faced by previous researchers. Unlike some large deep earthquakes in South America, the entire seismogenic zone can in fact be placed within the coldest core of the slab. The distribution of slip during this earthquake can be explained by a circular rupture, propagating at a normal speed of 3--4 km/s. These findings are then discussed in the context of ruptures during other large deep earthquakes. Seismic moment released by the aftershocks during the 1995 Mariana sequence was found to amount up to 17% of the mainshock's moment. Such a high aftershock productivity is extremely unusual even for shallow earthquakes. Based on the inversion of broadband P and SH waveforms, however, source mechanisms of this sequence show no unusual features. By comparing the productivity of aftershocks among the 33 largest deep earthquakes on a global scale, it is proposed that anomalously high level of aftershock activity in the Mariana is linked to the unique configuration of the slab near the base of the transition zone. Overall, it is established that deep earthquakes have definitive characteristics in rupture dimensions and in aftershock productivity. 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