Rivera Plate

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microplate tectonic plate

The Rivera Plate is a small tectonic plate off the west coast of Mexico that interacts with the Pacific and North American Plates, contributing to regional seismic and volcanic activity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rivera Plate canonical	16
Riviera Plate	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	microplate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith	Colima Volcano ⓘ surface form: Colima Volcanic Complex earthquake activity in western Mexico ⓘ volcanic arc of western Mexico ⓘ
borders	Cocos Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
contributesTo	regional seismic activity ⓘ regional volcanic activity ⓘ
hasBoundaryType	spreading ridge ⓘ subduction zone ⓘ transform fault ⓘ
hasRelativeMotion	generally northeastward ⓘ
influences	hazard patterns of earthquakes in Colima region ⓘ hazard patterns of earthquakes in Jalisco region ⓘ tectonics of western Mexico ⓘ
interactsWith	Cocos Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
isComposedOf	oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
isConsidered	one of the smaller oceanic plates ⓘ
isNamedAfter	Rivera region off western Mexico ⓘ
isPartOf	plate tectonic system of North America ⓘ
isSeparatedFrom	Cocos Plate ⓘ
isSeparatedFromBy	Rivera Transform Fault Zone ⓘ Riviera Fracture Zone ⓘ
isSmallerThan	Cocos Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
isSubductingBeneath	North American Plate ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Mexico ⓘ west coast of Mexico ⓘ
movesRelativeTo	Cocos Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
near	Colima Rift ⓘ Jalisco Block ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
subductionZoneAssociatedWith	Middle America Trench ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Pacific Plate → boundedBy → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Cocos Plate → borders → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → formedBySubductionOf → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Farallon Plate → hasRemnant → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Middle America Trench → formedBySubductionOf → Rivera Plate ⓘ

eastern Pacific Ocean → boundedBy → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Rivera Transform Fault Zone → accommodatesMotionBetween → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Rivera Transform Fault Zone → associatedWith → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Rivera Transform Fault Zone → separates → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Rivera Transform Fault Zone → boundaryOf → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Jalisco Block → boundedBy → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Jalisco Block → near → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Colima Rift → associatedPlate → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Riviera Fracture Zone → associatedWith → Rivera Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Riviera Plate

East Pacific tectonic system → associatedWith → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Rivera Triple Junction region → formedByInteractionOf → Rivera Plate ⓘ

Rivera Triple Junction region → near → Rivera Plate ⓘ