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.

Jan 20, 2010 · Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are located at an active plate boundary between the North American plate and the northeast corner of the Caribbean plate. Plate movements have caused large magnitude earthquakes and devastating tsunamis.

Figure 1: Map of the North American – Caribbean tectonic plate boundary. Colors denote depth below sea level and elevation on land. Bold numbers are the years of moderately large (larger than about magnitude 7) historical earthquakes written next to their approximate locations.

Jan 4, 2024 · Map depicting the major tectonic plates of the world. The Caribbean Plate is a tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America, regions of seismic activity.

A map of the tectonic plates of the earth showing the different boundary types in different colors. Locations where plates collide (convergent boundaries) are shown in red. Locations where plates are spreading (divergent boundaries) are shown in yellow.

The northern Caribbean islands and associated archipelagos are located in a left-lateral strike-slip tectonic setting, at the boundary between the North America and Caribbean plates.

Figure 1: Map of geological features on the Caribbean Plate (García-Casco, Proenza, and Iturralde-Vinent, 2011) The Caribbean Plate is centered amidst the Cocos , Panama, North Andes , South American , and North American Plates.

Download scientific diagram | A map showing tectonic plates within the Caribbean region and the plate boundary zones (PBZs) between the Caribbean Ocean Plateau (the stable portion of...

Sep 5, 2024 · Caribbean Plate. Location: Beneath the Caribbean Sea. Characteristics: Oceanic crust with some continental crust. Interactions: Interacts with the North American Plate, South American Plate, and Cocos Plate, causing earthquakes and volcanic activity. 12. Philippine Plate. Location: Beneath the Philippine Sea. Characteristics: Oceanic crust.

Jan 31, 2013 · The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America. Roughly 3.2 million square kilometers (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.