The Scotia plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Scotia plate covers about 1.70 million km² and meets 4 other plates (South America, Antarctica, Sandwich, Shetland). 1 M4.5+ earthquake inside it in the last 30 days. Its edges, coloured by what happens along them, on a live map.
The facts
- Plate
- Scotia plate (SC)
- Area
- about 1.70 million km²
- Boundary
- about 6,675 km
- One plate going under
- 5,789 km (87%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 886 km (13%)
- Neighbours
- South America (3,431 km), Antarctica (2,145 km), Sandwich (886 km), Shetland (214 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 1 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M4.9 South Sandwich Islands region
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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