The South Bismarck plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The South Bismarck plate covers about 309,000 km² and meets 3 other plates (North Bismarck, Woodlark, Manus). 19 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
- South Bismarck plate (SB)
- Area
- about 309,000 km²
- Boundary
- about 2,129 km
- One plate going under
- 1,938 km (91%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 191 km (9%)
- Neighbours
- North Bismarck (1,217 km), Woodlark (721 km), Manus (191 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 19 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M6.4 49 km NNE of Kainantu, 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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