The Antarctica plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Antarctica plate covers about 58.2 million km² and meets 10 other plates (Pacific, Australia, Somalia, Nazca…). 12 M4.5+ earthquakes inside it in the last 30 days. Its edges, coloured by what happens along them, on a live map.
The facts
- Plate
- Antarctica plate (AN)
- Area
- about 58.2 million km²
- Boundary
- about 45,899 km
- One plate going under
- 2,145 km (5%)
- Pulling apart
- 38,962 km (85%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 4,793 km (10%)
- Neighbours
- Pacific (17,007 km), Australia (11,154 km), Somalia (5,522 km), Nazca (3,954 km), Africa (3,301 km), Scotia (2,145 km) and 4 more
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 12 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M5.9 west of Macquarie Island
Source
Bird (2003) PB2002 plate model · USGS. This page was built from the feed on 2026-10-11 13:04 UTC; the live map shows it as it is now.
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