The North Bismarck plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The North Bismarck plate covers about 388,000 km² and meets 4 other plates (South Bismarck, Pacific, Caroline, Manus). 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
- North Bismarck plate (NB)
- Area
- about 388,000 km²
- Boundary
- about 3,482 km
- One plate going under
- 3,482 km (100%)
- Neighbours
- South Bismarck (1,217 km), Pacific (1,143 km), Caroline (900 km), Manus (223 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 2 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M4.8 146 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
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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