The Woodlark plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Woodlark plate covers about 453,000 km² and meets 5 other plates (Australia, South Bismarck, Maoke, Solomon Sea…). 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
- Woodlark plate (WL)
- Area
- about 453,000 km²
- Boundary
- about 3,727 km
- One plate going under
- 3,140 km (84%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 587 km (16%)
- Neighbours
- Australia (2,204 km), South Bismarck (721 km), Maoke (440 km), Solomon Sea (308 km), Birds Head (54 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 4 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M4.6 31 km SE of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
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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