Pacific–North American plate boundary system

E196197

plate boundary zone tectonic plate boundary system transform plate boundary zone

The Pacific–North American plate boundary system is a major tectonic boundary zone where the Pacific Plate and North American Plate interact through a complex network of faults and plate motions along western North America.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Pacific–North American plate boundary	5
Pacific Plate–North American Plate boundary	4
Pacific–North America plate boundary	3
North American plate boundary region	1
Pacific-North America plate boundary system	1
Pacific–North America plate boundary region	1
Pacific–North America plate boundary zone	1
Pacific–North American plate boundary system canonical	1
Pacific–North American plate boundary zone	1
Yukon–Alaska plate boundary faults	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plate boundary zone ⓘ tectonic plate boundary system ⓘ transform plate boundary zone ⓘ
associatedWith	crustal deformation ⓘ high seismicity ⓘ large earthquakes ⓘ volcanism in adjacent regions ⓘ
borders	North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
characterizedBy	crustal extension ⓘ distributed shear ⓘ oblique convergence ⓘ strike-slip faulting ⓘ subduction ⓘ
evolvesFrom	Farallon–North American plate boundary ⓘ
extendsFrom	Gulf of California ⓘ
extendsThrough	Baja California ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Oregon ⓘ Washington ⓘ Yukon Territory ⓘ Southeastern Alaska ⓘ surface form: southeast Alaska
extendsTo	Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
formedBy	interaction of Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
hasPart	Basin and Range Province boundary faults ⓘ Calaveras Fault ⓘ Cascadia Subduction Zone ⓘ surface form: Cascadia subduction zone Denali Fault ⓘ Eastern California Shear Zone ⓘ Elsinore Fault Zone ⓘ Explorer Plate ⓘ surface form: Explorer Triple Junction Fairweather Fault ⓘ Garlock Fault ⓘ Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ Hayward Fault ⓘ Imperial Fault ⓘ Mendocino Triple Junction ⓘ Queen Charlotte Fault ⓘ Queen Charlotte Triple Junction ⓘ San Andreas Fault ⓘ San Jacinto Fault Zone ⓘ Transverse Ranges fault system ⓘ Walker Lane belt ⓘ Pacific–North American plate boundary system self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yukon–Alaska plate boundary faults
locatedIn	western North America ⓘ
notableEarthquake	1857 Fort Tejon earthquake ⓘ 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ 1964 Alaska earthquake ⓘ 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ⓘ 1994 Northridge earthquake ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
relativeMotionRate	about 40 to 50 millimeters per year ⓘ
relativeMotionType	right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ structural geology ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen Charlotte Fault → partOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

California Coast–Sierra Nevada–Transverse Ranges transition zone → relatedTo → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Plate–North American Plate boundary

San Jacinto Fault Zone → tectonicSetting → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North American plate boundary

Garlock Fault → partOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North America plate boundary zone

Salton Trough → partOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North American plate boundary

Explorer Ridge → partOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific-North America plate boundary system

Mendocino Fracture Zone → near → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Plate–North American Plate boundary

Jalisco Block → partOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American plate boundary region

2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes → regionTectonics → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Plate–North American Plate boundary

Pacific–North American plate boundary system → hasPart → Pacific–North American plate boundary system self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon–Alaska plate boundary faults

Queen Charlotte Triple Junction → partOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North America plate boundary

Fairweather Fault → partOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North American plate boundary

Superstition Mountain segment → tectonicSetting → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North America plate boundary region

1968 Borrego Mountain earthquake → plateBoundary → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Plate–North American Plate boundary

Anza segment → tectonicSetting → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North America plate boundary

Imperial Fault → formsPartOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North America plate boundary

Brawley Seismic Zone → partOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North American plate boundary

Transverse Ranges orogeny → tectonicSetting → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North American plate boundary

Walker Lane belt → partOf → Pacific–North American plate boundary system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific–North American plate boundary zone