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s344n2d4d5 [400]
3 years ago
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When the Tohoku earthquake occurred, as much as 30 meters of the Pacific plate was subducted westward under the Okhotsk plate, u

pon which sits the island nation of Japan. The crust of the Okhotsk plate directly west of the plate boundary bulged upward. In light of this, what is a possible explanation for the uplift indicated in red just west of the plate boundary?
Geography
1 answer:
ra1l [238]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Refer below.

Explanation:

DURING the quake, a huge piece of the Pacific plate was pushed under the Okhotsk plate. This both lifted and distorted the edge of the Okhotsk plate.

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