<Ul> <Li> The oceanic Nazca Plate subducts beneath the continental South American Plate at the Peru--Chile Trench . </Li> <Li> Just north of the Nazca Plate, the oceanic Cocos Plate subducts under the Caribbean Plate and forms the Middle America Trench . </Li> <Li> The Cascadia subduction zone is where the oceanic Juan de Fuca, Gorda and Explorer Plates subduct under the continental North American plate . </Li> <Li> The oceanic Pacific Plate subducts under the North American Plate (composed of both continental and oceanic sections) forming the Aleutian Trench . </Li> <Li> The oceanic Pacific plate subducts beneath the continental Okhotsk Plate at the Japan Trench . </Li> <Li> The oceanic Philippine Sea Plate subducts beneath the Eurasian Plate at the Ryukyu Trench . </Li> <Li> The oceanic Pacific Plate subducts under the oceanic Philippine Sea Plate forming the Mariana Trench . </Li> <Li> The oceanic Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile Belt forming the Philippine Trench and the East Luzon Trench . </Li> <Li> The Eurasian Plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile Belt at the Manila Trench . </Li> <Li> The Sunda Plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile Belt at the Negros Trench and the Cotobato Trench . </Li> <Li> The oceanic Indo - Australian Plate is subducted beneath the continental Sunda Plate along the Sunda Trench . </Li> <Li> The oceanic 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 . </Li> <Li> The South American Plate is subducting under the South Sandwich Plate, forming the South Sandwich Trench . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The oceanic Nazca Plate subducts beneath the continental South American Plate at the Peru--Chile Trench . </Li> <Li> Just north of the Nazca Plate, the oceanic Cocos Plate subducts under the Caribbean Plate and forms the Middle America Trench . </Li> <Li> The Cascadia subduction zone is where the oceanic Juan de Fuca, Gorda and Explorer Plates subduct under the continental North American plate . </Li>

Where an ocean plate is subducting under a continental plate