The Australia plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Australia plate covers about 46.0 million km² and meets 16 other plates (Antarctica, India, Kermadec, Somalia…). 77 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
- Australia plate (AU)
- Area
- about 46.0 million km²
- Boundary
- about 30,843 km
- One plate going under
- 5,468 km (18%)
- Pulling apart
- 14,752 km (48%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 10,624 km (34%)
- Neighbours
- Antarctica (11,154 km), India (3,598 km), Kermadec (3,168 km), Somalia (3,145 km), Woodlark (2,204 km), Pacific (2,057 km) and 10 more
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 77 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M6.6 80 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
Source
Bird (2003) PB2002 plate model · USGS. This page was built from the feed on 2026-10-11 14:01 UTC; the live map shows it as it is now.
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