Peru–Chile Trench region

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oceanic trench system subduction zone tectonic plate boundary region

The Peru–Chile Trench region is a highly active subduction-zone area off the west coast of South America, known for its deep ocean trench, frequent earthquakes, and major role in Andean mountain building.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Peru–Chile Trench 2
Peru–Chile Trench region canonical 2
Nazca Plate–South American Plate subduction zone 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench system ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
tectonic plate boundary region ⓘ
associatedWith Andean orogeny ⓘ
Andean subduction system ⓘ
surface form: Benioff seismic zone beneath South America

Peru–Chile Trench region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peru–Chile megathrust fault

historic great earthquakes ⓘ
seismic hazard in Chile ⓘ
seismic hazard in Peru ⓘ
characterizedBy active volcanism in the Andes ⓘ
deep ocean trench ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ
megathrust earthquakes ⓘ
tsunami generation ⓘ
drives crustal shortening in the Andes ⓘ
magmatism beneath the Andean arc ⓘ
extendsAlong offshore Peru ⓘ
offshore central Chile ⓘ
offshore northern Chile ⓘ
western margin of South America ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic activity ⓘ
geologicalProcess oceanic–continental subduction ⓘ
hazardType earthquake zone ⓘ
tsunami source region ⓘ
influences Andean Volcanic Belt ⓘ
surface form: Andean volcanic arc

tectonic uplift of western South America ⓘ
topography of the Andes ⓘ
knownFor high seismicity ⓘ
large subduction earthquakes ⓘ
major tsunamis ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Chile ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
South America ⓘ
maximumDepth over 26000 ft ⓘ
over 8000 m ⓘ
oceanBasin Southeastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Southeast Pacific Ocean
overridingPlate South American Plate ⓘ
partOf Peru–Chile Trench region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nazca–South America plate boundary

Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
plateConvergenceType oceanic plate subducting beneath continental plate ⓘ
relatedTo Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains

Atacama Trench ⓘ
surface form: Peru–Chile Trench
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
roleIn Andean mountain building ⓘ
subductingPlate Nazca Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Pacific Ring of Fire → contains → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
Ring of Fire → contains → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
Nazca Plate → subductionZoneName → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peru–Chile Trench
Nazca Plate → associatedWithTrench → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peru–Chile Trench
Peru–Chile Trench region → associatedWith → Peru–Chile Trench region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peru–Chile megathrust fault
Peru–Chile Trench region → partOf → Peru–Chile Trench region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazca–South America plate boundary
Andean subduction system → associatedWith → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peru–Chile megathrust
Atacama Trench → featureOf → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazca-South America plate margin
Atacama Trench → adjacentTo → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peru–Chile coastal margin
Cauquenes → partOfSeismicZone → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazca–South America subduction zone
East Pacific tectonic system → contains → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazca subduction zone
Puracé → tectonicPlateSetting → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazca Plate–South American Plate subduction zone
Richards Deep → isPartOf → Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peru–Chile Trench system