List of Tectonic Plate Interactions - Subduction Zones

Subduction Zones

• The oceanic Nazca Plate is being subducted under the continental South American Plate at a rate of 10 cm per year, forming the Peru-Chile Trench.
• Just north of the Nazca Plate, the oceanic Cocos Plate is being subducted under the Caribbean Plate and forms the Middle America Trench.
• The Pacific Plate is being subducted under the Eurasian and Philippine Sea Plates, the latter subduction zone forming the Mariana Trench.
• The Pacific Plate is being subducted under the North American Plate forming the Aleutian Trench.
• The Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile Belt forming the Philippine Trench and the East Luzon Trench.
• The Eurasian Plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile Belt at the Manila Trench.
• The Sunda Plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile Belt at the Negros Trench and the Cotobato Trench.
• The Pacific Plate is subducting under the Indo-Australian Plate north and east of New Zealand, but the direction of subduction reverses south of the Alpine Fault where the Indo-Australian Plate starts subducting under the Pacific Plate.
• The Cascadia subduction zone is where the oceanic Juan de Fuca, Gorda and Explorer Plates are being subducted under the continental North American plate.
• The South American Plate is subducting under the South Sandwich Plate, forming the South Sandwich Trench.