The Molucca Sea plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Molucca Sea plate covers about 418,000 km² and meets 3 other plates (Banda Sea, Sunda, Birds Head). 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
- Molucca Sea plate (MS)
- Area
- about 418,000 km²
- Boundary
- about 2,074 km
- One plate going under
- 2,074 km (100%)
- Neighbours
- Banda Sea (1,462 km), Sunda (362 km), Birds Head (250 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 2 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M5.0 34 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia
Source
Bird (2003) PB2002 plate model · USGS. This page was built from the feed on 2026-10-11 13:04 UTC; the live map shows it as it is now.
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