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The Conway Reef plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes

The Conway Reef plate covers about 144,000 km² and meets 3 other plates (Australia, New Hebrides, Balmoral Reef). 2 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
Conway Reef plate (CR)
Area
about 144,000 km²
Boundary
about 1,860 km
Sliding past / complex
1,860 km (100%)
Neighbours
Australia (850 km), New Hebrides (738 km), Balmoral Reef (272 km)
Quakes, last 30 days
2 of magnitude 4.5 or more
Strongest this month
M4.5 184 km WSW of Sigatoka, Fiji

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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