Japan Trench
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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.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japan Trench region | 2 |
| Japan Trench subduction system | 1 |
| Japan Trench subduction zone | 1 |
| Okhotsk Plate | 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 (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Japan Trench subduction system
this entity surface form:
Okhotsk Plate
this entity surface form:
Japan Trench region
this entity surface form:
Japan Trench region
this entity surface form:
Japan Trench subduction zone