plate boundary

C2475
concept

A plate boundary is the region where two or more tectonic plates meet and interact, often causing earthquakes, volcanic activity, and mountain building.

All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
tectonic plate boundary 24
plate boundary canonical 18
megathrust earthquake 14

Instances (91)

Instance Via concept surface
Arabian–Indian plate boundary tectonic plate boundary
Indian Ocean plate boundary system tectonic plate boundary system
Arabia–India–Somalia triple-plate region tectonic triple junction
New Britain Trench subduction system tectonic plate boundary system
Knipovich Ridge tectonic plate boundary
2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami megathrust earthquake
Mendocino Triple Junction tectonic triple junction
Gakkel Ridge tectonic plate boundary
Galápagos Spreading Center tectonic plate boundary
Rivera Transform Fault Zone
Pacific–North American plate boundary system tectonic plate boundary system
Queen Charlotte Triple Junction tectonic triple junction
1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake megathrust earthquake
Terceira Rift
Timor Trough tectonic boundary
Seram Trough tectonic boundary
Banda Arc tectonic boundary
Main Boundary Thrust zone tectonic boundary
Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake megathrust earthquake
2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami megathrust earthquake
Sunda subduction system tectonic plate boundary system
East Pacific Rise tectonic plate boundary
San Andreas Fault
East Scotia Ridge tectonic plate boundary
Cocos–North America plate boundary tectonic plate boundary
Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary tectonic plate boundary
Aleutian subduction system tectonic plate boundary
Pacific Plate boundary system tectonic plate boundary system
Dead Sea Transform fault
global mid-ocean ridge system tectonic plate boundary system
Owen Fracture Zone tectonic plate boundary
Eastern California Shear Zone seismically active region
Blanco Transform plate boundary segment
Kolbeinsey Ridge
North Atlantic plate boundary system tectonic plate boundary system
1944 Tonankai earthquake megathrust earthquake
1946 Nankai earthquake megathrust earthquake
Gulf of California rift zone tectonic plate boundary
1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake megathrust earthquake
East African Rift tectonic plate boundary
1707 Hoei earthquake megathrust earthquake
Queen Charlotte Fault
Azores Triple Junction tectonic plate boundary
Caribbean Plate boundary zone tectonic boundary zone
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami megathrust earthquake
Hikurangi subduction margin
1960 Valdivia earthquake megathrust earthquake
Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system tectonic plate boundary
Andean subduction system convergent plate margin