The North America plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The North America plate covers about 55.4 million km² and meets 7 other plates (Eurasia, Pacific, Africa, Caribbean…). 26 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
- North America plate (NA)
- Area
- about 55.4 million km²
- Boundary
- about 26,134 km
- One plate going under
- 4,490 km (17%)
- Pulling apart
- 16,457 km (63%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 5,187 km (20%)
- Neighbours
- Eurasia (10,766 km), Pacific (4,490 km), Africa (4,004 km), Caribbean (3,508 km), South America (1,686 km), Okhotsk (1,497 km) and 1 more
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 26 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M6.5 177 km W of Nikolski, Alaska
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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