The Caribbean plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Caribbean plate covers about 2.96 million km² and meets 3 other plates (North America, Panama, South America). 5 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
- Caribbean plate (CA)
- Area
- about 2.96 million km²
- Boundary
- about 5,863 km
- Sliding past / complex
- 5,863 km (100%)
- Neighbours
- North America (3,508 km), Panama (1,277 km), South America (1,078 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 5 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M4.8 17 km S of Nandaime, Nicaragua
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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