The Cocos plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Cocos plate covers about 2.93 million km² and meets 4 other plates (Nazca, Pacific, Galapagos, Rivera). 2 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
- Cocos plate (CO)
- Area
- about 2.93 million km²
- Boundary
- about 5,294 km
- One plate going under
- 3,030 km (57%)
- Pulling apart
- 2,053 km (39%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 211 km (4%)
- Neighbours
- Nazca (3,030 km), Pacific (2,053 km), Galapagos (106 km), Rivera (105 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 2 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M5.6 91 km SW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Source
Bird (2003) PB2002 plate model · USGS. This page was built from the feed on 2026-10-11 15:03 UTC; the live map shows it as it is now.
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