List of tectonic plates

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Global earthquake epicenters, 1963-1998.
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Global earthquake epicenters, 1963-1998.
Current plates
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Current plates
Plate tectonics map from NASA
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Plate tectonics map from NASA

This is a list of tectonic plates of Earth.

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[edit] Current major plates

  • African Plate
  • Antarctic Plate
  • Arabian Plate
  • Australian Plate
  • Cocos Plate
  • Eurasian Plate
  • Indo-Australian Plate
  • Nazca Plate
  • North American Plate
  • Pacific Plate
  • Philippine Plate
  • Scotia Plate
  • South American Plate

[edit] Current minor plates

  • Adriatic Plate
  • Amurian Plate
  • Anatolian Plate
  • Bismark Microplate
  • Burma Plate
  • Caribbean Plate
  • Caroline Plate
  • East American Plate
  • Easter Microplate
  • Explorer Plate
  • Fiji Microplates
  • Galapagos Microplate
  • Gorda Plate
  • Hellenic Plate
  • Iberian Plate
  • Iranian Plate
  • Juan de Fuca Plate
  • Juan Fernandez Microplate
  • Okhotsk Plate
  • Rivera Microplate
  • Somali Plate
  • South Sandwich Plate
  • Sunda Plate
  • Tonga Plate

[edit] Ancient plates

  • Farallon Plate
  • Kula Plate

[edit] See also

  • Tectonic plate

[edit] External links