Burma Plate
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The Burma Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that forms part of the complex plate boundary region responsible for major seismic activity, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Burma Plate canonical | 4 |
| Burma microplate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1840747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burma Plate Context triple: [2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, plateInvolved, Burma Plate]
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A.
Kula Plate
The Kula Plate was an ancient oceanic tectonic plate in the northern Pacific that once subducted beneath western North America before being largely consumed.
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B.
Sunda Plate
The Sunda Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that underlies much of Indonesia and surrounding regions, interacting with several neighboring plates and contributing to the area's high seismic and volcanic activity.
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C.
Indo-Australian Plate
The Indo-Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate comprising the Indian and Australian regions that drives significant geological activity, including earthquakes and mountain building, across the Indian Ocean and surrounding areas.
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D.
Amur Plate
The Amur Plate is a minor tectonic plate in East Asia that includes parts of eastern Russia, northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, and moves independently from the larger Eurasian Plate.
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E.
Philippine Sea Plate
The Philippine Sea Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate in the western Pacific whose complex subduction zones and boundaries contribute significantly to the intense seismic and volcanic activity of the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burma Plate Target entity description: The Burma Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that forms part of the complex plate boundary region responsible for major seismic activity, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
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A.
Kula Plate
The Kula Plate was an ancient oceanic tectonic plate in the northern Pacific that once subducted beneath western North America before being largely consumed.
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B.
Sunda Plate
The Sunda Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that underlies much of Indonesia and surrounding regions, interacting with several neighboring plates and contributing to the area's high seismic and volcanic activity.
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C.
Indo-Australian Plate
The Indo-Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate comprising the Indian and Australian regions that drives significant geological activity, including earthquakes and mountain building, across the Indian Ocean and surrounding areas.
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D.
Amur Plate
The Amur Plate is a minor tectonic plate in East Asia that includes parts of eastern Russia, northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, and moves independently from the larger Eurasian Plate.
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E.
Philippine Sea Plate
The Philippine Sea Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate in the western Pacific whose complex subduction zones and boundaries contribute significantly to the intense seismic and volcanic activity of the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microplate
ⓘ
minor tectonic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
ⓘ
surface form:
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
surface form:
2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake ⓘ frequent large megathrust earthquakes ⓘ |
| associatedWithStructure |
Sumatra subduction zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Andaman–Sumatra subduction zone
Arakan Mountains ⓘ
surface form:
Arakan Yoma fold-and-thrust belt
Myanmar Central Basin ⓘ Sagaing Fault ⓘ Sunda subduction system ⓘ
surface form:
Sunda megathrust
|
| borderedBy |
Andaman microplate
ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ India Plate ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Plate
Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ Sunda Plate ⓘ |
| causes |
high seismicity in Myanmar region
ⓘ
tsunamigenic earthquakes in the eastern Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting |
convergent plate boundary
ⓘ
subduction margin ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryType |
strike-slip fault
ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ thrust fault ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
earthquake hazard
ⓘ
tsunami hazard ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Andaman Islands
ⓘ
Nicobar Islands ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ |
| locatedUnder |
Andaman Sea
ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ eastern part of the Bay of Bengal margin ⓘ |
| motionRelativeTo |
India Plate
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Plate
Sunda Plate ⓘ |
| overrides | Indian Plate along the Sunda megathrust ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
ⓘ
surface form:
Alpide Belt
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form:
Tethyan orogenic system
complex plate boundary zone between India and Sunda plates ⓘ |
| relativeMotionType |
dextral strike-slip
ⓘ
oblique convergence ⓘ |
| researchField |
geodynamics
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Burma Plate Description of subject: The Burma Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that forms part of the complex plate boundary region responsible for major seismic activity, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Burma microplate