The Solomon Sea plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Solomon Sea plate covers about 129,000 km² and meets 1 other plate (Woodlark). 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
- Solomon Sea plate (SS)
- Area
- about 129,000 km²
- Boundary
- about 308 km
- One plate going under
- 308 km (100%)
- Neighbours
- Woodlark (308 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 2 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M5.1 190 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
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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