Hyuga-nada segment

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The Hyuga-nada segment is a seismically active offshore region south of Kyushu, Japan, known for frequent earthquakes associated with the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hyuga-nada segment canonical 2

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf offshore seismic region ⓘ
seismotectonic segment ⓘ
adjacentTo Kyushu-Palau Ridge (to the south, plate interior) ⓘ
associatedWithPlate Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
associatedWithPlateBoundary Nankai Trough ⓘ
classification segment of the Nankai subduction interface ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
earthquakeRecurrence recurrent damaging earthquakes on timescales of decades ⓘ
geodynamicContext convergence of Philippine Sea Plate beneath southwest Japan arc ⓘ
hazardType earthquake hazard ⓘ
tsunami hazard ⓘ
knownFor frequent moderate earthquakes ⓘ
recurrent large interplate earthquakes ⓘ
languageOfToponym Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn Hyuga-nada Sea ⓘ
locatedInOcean northwestern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern Japan ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Kyushu ⓘ
Miyazaki Prefecture ⓘ
monitoredBy Japan Meteorological Agency ⓘ
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience ⓘ
partOf Nankai Trough subduction zone ⓘ
linked to: Nankai megathrust

Nankai megathrust system ⓘ
linked to: Nankai megathrust
plateInterfaceDepthRange shallow to intermediate depth along plate boundary ⓘ
regionType offshore region ⓘ
relevantTo Japanese national seismic hazard assessment ⓘ
tsunami risk along the Pacific coast of Kyushu ⓘ
researchField seismology ⓘ
tectonophysics ⓘ
seismicityType interplate earthquakes ⓘ
intraslab earthquakes ⓘ
subductionDirection northwestward subduction of Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
tectonicProcess megathrust faulting ⓘ
slab-related seismicity ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction zone ⓘ
toponymOrigin named after Hyuga (historic province in eastern Miyazaki, Kyushu) ⓘ

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

Nankai Trough → segment → Hyuga-nada segment ⓘ
Nankai megathrust → segmentName → Hyuga-nada segment ⓘ