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Rivera Plate
Type
Minor
Approximate area
730,000 km2[1]
Movement1
South-East
Speed1
14mm/year
Features
Pacific Plate
1Relative to the African Plate
Plate boundaries in the Pacific, offshore western Mexico
The Rivera Plate is a small tectonic plate (a microplate) located off the west coast of Mexico, just south of the Baja California Peninsula. It is bounded on the northwest by the East Pacific Rise, on the southwest by the Rivera Transform Fault, on the southeast by a deformation zone, and on the northeast by the Middle America Trench and another deformation zone.
The Rivera Plate is believed to have separated from the Cocos Plate located to its southeast about 5–10 million years ago. Seismicity and tomography images show that the Rivera plate dips at 40° beneath the forearc region and then dips ~70° beneath the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The subduction of the Rivera Plate under the North American Plate, in the Mid-American Trench, has been the cause of the strongest earthquakes in the history of Mexico, including the largest earthquake in Mexico during the 20th century which occurred on June 3, 1932 in the state of Jalisco. The quake had a magnitude of 8.2 with a magnitude 7.8 aftershock, both of which caused widespread casualties and damage.
On October 9, 1995, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred beneath the Jalisco region and caused significant loss of life and property.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred on January 24, 2003 near Colima in Mexico.
The RiveraPlate is a small tectonic plate (a microplate) located off the west coast of Mexico, just south of the Baja California Peninsula. It is bounded...
Plate. The Cocos Plate also broke into two pieces, creating the small RiveraPlate. The Cocos Plate is bounded by several different plates. To the northeast...
tectonic plate in Central America Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands Microplate South Jamaica Microplate Cocos PlateRiveraPlate – Small tectonic plate off the...
footballer for Club Atlético River Plate, was born in Rivera. Sebastián Puchetta, professional footballer, born in Rivera. There are regular bus services...
Pacific Plate and the Farallon Plate (which is now mostly subducted, with remnants including the Juan de Fuca Plate, RiveraPlate, Cocos Plate, and the...
(north to south) the North American Plate, the RiveraPlate, the Cocos Plate, the Nazca Plate, and the Antarctic Plate. It runs south from the Gulf of California...
tectonic plates: the North American Plate to the northeast, the RiveraPlate to the northwest, and the Cocos Plate to the south. Both the RiveraPlate and...
the RiveraPlate and the Cocos Plate are being subducted beneath the North American Plate. The transform boundary between the Rivera and Cocos Plates is...
and the Explorer Plate meet Rivera Triple Junction – Place where the North American Plate, the RiveraPlate, and the Pacific Plate meet Rodrigues Triple...
tectonic plates. The Cocos Plate is subducting under the North American Plate at a rate of 67 mm (0.220 ft) per year, while the Pacific and Riveraplates are...
Peninsula. At the RTJ, three tectonic plates intersect: the North American Plate, the RiveraPlate, and the Pacific Plate. The triple junction is often referenced...
Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB)...
Farallon Plate was an ancient oceanic plate. It formed one of the three main plates of Panthalassa, alongside the Izanagi Plate and the Phoenix Plate, which...
South American Plate; the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates beneath the North American Plate; the Philippine plate beneath the Eurasian plate; and a complex...
the southern edge of the North American plate. It is approximately 1000 kilometers long. It overlies the Rivera and Cocos slabs. It’s a unique volcanic...
Fault. The Juan de Fuca, Explorer, Gorda, Rivera, Cocos and Nazca plates are remnants of the Farallon Plate. The boundary along the Gulf of California...
of the East Pacific Rise, forming the southwest boundary of the small RiveraPlate. The fault is broken into two segments, bisected by a short rifting zone...
time, the RiveraPlate subducts beneath the Jalisco block, causing earthquakes such as the 1932 Mexico earthquake. Farther south, the RiveraPlate is bordered...
Atlanta Braves, broke three bats in a single plate appearance during the 1999 World Series while facing Rivera. To deal with this problem a few switch hitters...
the convergent boundary where the RiveraPlate and Cocos Plate are being subducted beneath the North American Plate along the Middle America Trench. The...
trench where the Cocos and Riveraplates subduct due to the difference in subduction angle. In Jalisco, the RiveraPlate subducts at ~50°. From Michoacán...
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