Japan Trench

E21757
oceanic trench subduction zone

The Japan Trench is a deep oceanic trench off northeastern Japan where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the Okhotsk Plate, forming part of the Pacific Ring of Fire and generating powerful earthquakes and tsunamis.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Japan Trench canonical 11
Japan Trench region 2
Japan Trench subduction system 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
adjacentTo Hokkaido ⓘ
Honshu ⓘ
associatedHazard megathrust earthquakes ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ
associatedWithEvent 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami region ⓘ
countryBorder Japan ⓘ
depthCategory hadal zone ⓘ
ecosystemType deep-sea environment ⓘ
extendsFrom off Hokkaido ⓘ
extendsTo toward the Izu-Bonin Trench region ⓘ
floorComposition oceanic crust of the Pacific Plate ⓘ
formsArcSystemWith Izu–Ogasawara Trench ⓘ
surface form: Izu-Bonin Trench

Kuril Trench ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalProcess subduction ⓘ
hasBathymetry steep trench slope ⓘ
hasMorphology narrow, elongated depression ⓘ
influences Japanese seismic hazard ⓘ
tsunami risk along Japan’s Pacific coast ⓘ
isBoundaryBetween Okhotsk Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
isMonitoredBy ocean-bottom seismometer networks ⓘ
tsunami observation systems ⓘ
knownFor powerful earthquakes ⓘ
tsunami generation ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf northeastern Japan ⓘ
marginType active continental margin ⓘ
maximumDepth over 26000 feet ⓘ
over 8000 meters ⓘ
nearbyIslandArc Japanese archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Japan island arc
oceanBasin western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Pacific Ocean
orientation roughly north–south to north-northeast–south-southwest ⓘ
overridingPlate Okhotsk Plate ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
plateBoundaryType oceanic-oceanic convergence ⓘ
regionalContext northwestern Pacific subduction system ⓘ
relatedFeature Japan Trench self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Japan Trench subduction zone
sedimentSource Japanese island arc ⓘ
seismicity high ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
subductingPlate Pacific Plate ⓘ
supports hadal fauna ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
typeLocalityFor Japan Trench subduction earthquakes ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Plate → boundedBy → Japan Trench ⓘ
this entity surface form: Okhotsk Plate
Pacific Plate → hasBoundaryFeature → Japan Trench ⓘ
Ring of Fire → contains → Japan Trench ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japan Trench region
Japan Trench → relatedFeature → Japan Trench self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japan Trench subduction zone
western Pacific Ocean → contains → Japan Trench ⓘ
Aleutian Trench → relatedTo → Japan Trench ⓘ
Amur Plate → associatedWith → Japan Trench ⓘ
Izu–Ogasawara Trench → relatedTo → Japan Trench ⓘ
Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system → adjacentTo → Japan Trench ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japan Trench subduction system
Okhotsk Plate → associatedWith → Japan Trench ⓘ
RV Kairei → operatesIn → Japan Trench ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japan Trench region
Northeastern Japan Arc → subductionZone → Japan Trench ⓘ
Northeastern Japan Arc → orientedAlong → Japan Trench ⓘ
Kuril Trench → relatedTrench → Japan Trench ⓘ
Kudryavy → locatedNear → Japan Trench ⓘ
Pacific Plate boundary system → includesSubductionZone → Japan Trench ⓘ