Okhotsk microplate

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Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011

  • earthquake damage, Honshu, Japan, 2011
    In Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011: The earthquake and tsunami

    …North American Plate called the Okhotsk microplate.) A part of the subduction zone measuring approximately 190 miles (300 km) long by 95 miles (150 km) wide lurched as much as 164 feet (50 metres) to the east-southeast and thrust upward about 33 feet (10 metres). The March 11 temblor was…

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