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The Caroline plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes

The Caroline plate covers about 1.53 million km² and meets 3 other plates (Pacific, Philippine Sea, North Bismarck). 0 M4.5+ earthquakes inside it in the last 30 days. Its edges, coloured by what happens along them, on a live map.

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The facts

Plate
Caroline plate (CL)
Area
about 1.53 million km²
Boundary
about 4,111 km
One plate going under
4,111 km (100%)
Neighbours
Pacific (1,809 km), Philippine Sea (1,403 km), North Bismarck (900 km)
Quakes, last 30 days
0 of magnitude 4.5 or more

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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