Suruga Trough

The yellow line is the Suruga Trough, part of the longer Nankai Trough in red.

The Suruga Trough (駿河トラフ, Suruga Torafu) is a trough that lies off the coast of Suruga Bay in Japan, forming part of the Nankai Trough, the latter being responsible the source of many large earthquakes in Japan's history. Both mark the boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate subducting under the Amurian Plate.

See also

  • v
  • t
  • e
Tectonic plates of East and North Asia (Eurasian Plate-Pacific Plate Convergence Zone)
Large
  • Amur Plate
  • Okhotsk Plate
  • Philippine Sea Plate
  • Yangtze Plate
SmallFaults and rift zonesTrenches and troughsOthers


Stub icon

This Japanese location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This article about a specific oceanic location or ocean current is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e