Ryukyu subduction zone

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The Ryukyu subduction zone is a tectonic plate boundary south of Japan where an oceanic plate descends beneath the Okinawa Plate, generating frequent earthquakes, volcanism, and the Ryukyu island arc.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf convergent plate boundary ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
adjacentTo East China Sea ⓘ
Philippine Sea ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
arcName Ryukyu Arc ⓘ
associatedWith Okinawa Trough rifting ⓘ
Ryukyu Trench ⓘ
Ryukyu island arc ⓘ
slow earthquakes ⓘ
tsunami generation potential ⓘ
backArcBasin Okinawa Trough ⓘ
causes Ryukyu island arc formation ⓘ
arc volcanism ⓘ
crustal deformation in Ryukyu Arc ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ
countryOffshoreFrom Taiwan ⓘ
extendsFrom southwestern Kyushu ⓘ
extendsTo Taiwan region ⓘ
geologicalProcess arc magmatism ⓘ
mantle wedge melting ⓘ
oceanic lithosphere subduction ⓘ
hasFeature Ryukyu back-arc basin ⓘ
Ryukyu forearc ⓘ
hasOrientation NE–SW trend ⓘ
hasSeismicity interplate earthquakes ⓘ
intraslab earthquakes ⓘ
shallow crustal earthquakes ⓘ
hasVolcanicIslands Iriomote region seamounts ⓘ
Kuchinoerabu-jima ⓘ
Sakurajima ⓘ
Suwanose-jima ⓘ
locatedIn western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Japan ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Kyushu ⓘ
marginType non-collisional convergent margin ⓘ
namedAfter Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
overridingPlate Okinawa Plate ⓘ
Ryukyu Arc crust ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
riskType earthquake hazard ⓘ
tsunami hazard ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
subductingPlate Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting Philippine Sea Plate–Okinawa Plate boundary ⓘ

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Okinawa Plate → associatedWith → Ryukyu subduction zone ⓘ
Ryukyu back-arc basin → partOf → Ryukyu subduction system ⓘ
linked to: Ryukyu subduction zone
Ryukyu subduction zone → hasFeature → Ryukyu forearc ⓘ
linked to: Ryukyu subduction zone