Due to the subduction of Pacific Plate at late Palaeocene, the western part of Japan Sea was pulled-apart.

古新世晚期由于太平洋板块洋脊俯冲，日本海(西部)第一次拉张。

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The author holds that the earthquakes occurred in North China are caused by the collision of India plate and the subduction of Pacific plate.

本文认为华北地震是印度板块碰撞和太平洋板块俯冲联合作用下形成的。

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The major earthquakes and active volcanoes occurring there are caused by the westward movement of the Pacific tectonic plate and other plates leading to subduction under Asia.

由于太平洋构造板块及其他几个板块的向西移动，导致其向亚洲板块之下俯冲，从而会在这一带引发大地震和火山活动。

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But on that fateful Friday, when the North American plate slid over the Pacific plate along a subduction zone running 130km (80 miles) off the Pacific coast of northern Japan, the shock leapt from the first segment to a second and on to a third, extending the fault zone some 400km and increasing its intensity more than 30-fold.

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