trough
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The King's Trough offers a clear example of how deep mantle processes and shifting tectonic plates interact.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
In 2024, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first special advisory for a possible "megaquake" in the area, known as the Nankai Trough, before lifting it a week later.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
A 559-mile long fault line located off Japan’s Pacific coast characterized by its subduction, in which one tectonic plate is forced under another, the Nankai Trough has produced devastating earthquakes every 90 to 200 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
But experts were put on heightened alert because of where the epicentre sat - at the edge of the Nankai Trough, an area of seismic activity which stretches along Japan's Pacific coast.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
But he could not stand the idea of letting the little beast––which had so evidently appealed to him for succour––go down into the horrors of the Devil’s Trough.
From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
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