| Okinawa Plate | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Minor |
| Movement1 | south-east |
| Speed1 | 54mm/year |
| Features | Ryuku Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture (Ōsumi Peninsula, Satsuma Peninsula), Taiwan (New Taipei City, Keelung City, Yilan County), East China Sea, Kagoshima Bay, Okinawa Trough |
| 1Relative to the African Plate | |
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The Okinawa Plate, or Okinawa Platelet, is a minor continental tectonic plate in the northern and eastern hemispheres stretching from the northern end of Taiwan to the southern tip of the island of Kyūshū.[1][2] The Okinawa Plate hosts typical earthquakes, like the 1911 Kikai Island earthquake, and various types of slow earthquakes, including low frequency earthquakes,[3] very low frequency earthquakes,[4] tremor,[5] and slow slip events.[6]
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