The Niuafo'ou plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Niuafo'ou plate covers about 124,000 km² and meets 4 other plates (Tonga, Australia, Pacific, Futuna). 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
- Niuafo'ou plate (NI)
- Area
- about 124,000 km²
- Boundary
- about 1,768 km
- One plate going under
- 279 km (16%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 1,489 km (84%)
- Neighbours
- Tonga (767 km), Australia (551 km), Pacific (279 km), Futuna (171 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 4 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M5.7 197 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
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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