A mostly oceanic tectonic plate including part of Central America and the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Plate
Type
Minor
Approximate area
3,300,000 km2[1]
Movement1
north-west
Speed1
10-11mm/year
Features
Central America, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles Caribbean Sea
1Relative to the African Plate
The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of South America.
Roughly 3.2 million square kilometres (1.2 million square miles) in area, the Caribbean Plate borders the North American Plate, the South American Plate, the Nazca Plate and the Cocos Plate. These borders are regions of intense seismic activity, including frequent earthquakes, occasional tsunamis,[2] and volcanic eruptions.
^"Sizes of Tectonic or Lithospheric Plates". About.com Geology. Archived from the original on 2007-02-09. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
^Fernández-Arce, Mario; Alvarado-Delgado, Guillermo (December 2005). "Tsunamis and Tsunami Preparedness in Costa Rica, Central America" (PDF). ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology. Paper No. 466. 42 (4): 203–212. ISSN 0972-0405.
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deformed southern edge of the CaribbeanPlate and was formed by the plate's subduction under the South American Plate. Recent studies indicate that the...
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the Caribbean and South American plate boundaries. These interactions include the collision of the Caribbeanplate with the South American plate in the...
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relative motion of the CaribbeanPlate and surrounding plates. Obduction has scraped accumulated rock onto the North American plate, islands and intrusions...
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American Plate. The North American Plate is being subducted by the CaribbeanPlate obliquely at the trench while to the southeast, the South American Plate is...