The Maoke plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Maoke plate covers about 115,000 km² and meets 3 other plates (Australia, Birds Head, Woodlark). 4 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
- Maoke plate (MO)
- Area
- about 115,000 km²
- Boundary
- about 1,648 km
- One plate going under
- 987 km (60%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 660 km (40%)
- Neighbours
- Australia (660 km), Birds Head (547 km), Woodlark (440 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 4 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M5.2 209 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia
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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