Juan de Fuca Plate

E2247
oceanic plate tectonic plate

The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small oceanic tectonic plate off the Pacific Northwest coast whose subduction beneath North America drives significant volcanic and seismic activity in the region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Juan de Fuca Plate canonical 32
Juan de Fuca Plate at Cascadia 1
Juan de Fuca Plate system 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic plate ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ
affectsRegion British Columbia ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
Northern California ⓘ
surface form: northern California
associatedWith Cascade Range ⓘ
Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ
megathrust earthquakes ⓘ
tsunami hazard in Pacific Northwest ⓘ
borders Explorer Plate ⓘ
Gorda Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
boundedBy spreading ridges ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
transform faults ⓘ
causes interplate earthquakes ⓘ
intraplate earthquakes ⓘ
volcanism in Cascade Range ⓘ
createdAt Juan de Fuca Ridge ⓘ
drives Cascadia seismic activity ⓘ
Cascadia volcanic arc activity ⓘ
geologicalSetting convergent margin ⓘ
subduction zone margin ⓘ
hazardRelevance Cascadia megathrust earthquake risk ⓘ
isFragmentOf Farallon Plate ⓘ
isRemnantOf Farallon Plate ⓘ
isSmallerThan Pacific Plate ⓘ
isYoungerThan Pacific Plate ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf Canada ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
motionDirection east-northeast ⓘ
movesRelativeTo North American Plate ⓘ
namedAfter Juan de Fuca ⓘ
overriddenBy North American Plate ⓘ
partOf Juan de Fuca Plate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Juan de Fuca Ridge system
plateType subducting plate ⓘ
seafloorSpreadingOccursAt Juan de Fuca Ridge ⓘ
separatedFrom Pacific Plate ⓘ
subductionStyle shallow-angle subduction ⓘ
subductionZoneName Cascadia Subduction Zone ⓘ
subductsBeneath North American Plate ⓘ
tectonicProcess plate convergence ⓘ
seafloor spreading ⓘ
subduction ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Pacific Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Juan de Fuca Plate → partOf → Juan de Fuca Plate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juan de Fuca Ridge system
Cascade Volcanic Arc → subductionOf → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate → boundedBy → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
North American Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
North American Plate → isSubductingOver → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juan de Fuca Plate at Cascadia
Canada West Coast → locatedOnTectonicPlateBoundary → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juan de Fuca Plate–North American Plate boundary
Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Pacific coast of North America → associatedWithPlate → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Explorer Plate → bordersWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Explorer Plate → isFragmentOf → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juan de Fuca Plate system
Explorer Plate → isLocatedNorthOf → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Juan de Fuca Ridge → associatedWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Gorda Plate → bordersWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Farallon Plate → hasRemnant → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Cascadia Subduction Zone → tectonicPlateSubducting → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
North American plate boundary system → interactsWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Sovanco Fracture Zone → accommodatesMotionBetween → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Nootka Fault → separates → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Nootka Fault → associatedWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Cobb Offset → associatedWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Blanco Fracture Zone → separates → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Blanco Fracture Zone → plateBoundaryBetween → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Apostolos Valerianos → hasNamesake → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Ioannis Phokas → regionNamedAfter → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt → associatedPlate → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Garibaldi Lake volcanic field → tectonicPlate → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Cascadian orogeny → relatedTo → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Pacific margin of the Americas → associatedWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
East Pacific tectonic system → associatedWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate boundary system → includesBoundaryWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Explorer Plate and Juan de Fuca Plate → interactsWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
subject surface form: Explorer Plate
Explorer Plate and Juan de Fuca Plate → separatedFrom → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
subject surface form: Explorer Plate
Blanco Transform → plateBoundaryBetween → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Blanco Transform → tectonicPlate1 → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ
Cascade Range volcanic province → associatedWith → Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ