The North Andes plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The North Andes plate covers about 972,000 km² and meets 2 other plates (South America, Panama). 25 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 Andes plate (ND)
- Area
- about 972,000 km²
- Boundary
- about 2,643 km
- Sliding past / complex
- 2,643 km (100%)
- Neighbours
- South America (2,371 km), Panama (271 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 25 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M4.9 24 km WSW of Sipí, Colombia
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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