Cocos Plate

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oceanic plate tectonic plate

The Cocos Plate is a young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, whose subduction beneath Central America drives significant volcanic and seismic activity in the region.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oceanic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith	Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc Middle America Trench earthquakes ⓘ subduction-related volcanism ⓘ
borders	Caribbean Plate ⓘ Nazca Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Rivera Plate ⓘ
causes	megathrust earthquakes in Central America ⓘ tsunamis in Central America region ⓘ
createdAt	Cocos–Nazca spreading center ⓘ East Pacific Rise ⓘ
drives	Central American seismic activity ⓘ Central American volcanic activity ⓘ
geologicalSetting	subduction zone margin of Central America ⓘ
hasAge	geologically young ⓘ
hasComposition	oceanic crust ⓘ
hasFeature	Cocos Ridge ⓘ Guatemala Basin ⓘ Tehuantepec Ridge ⓘ
influences	hazard risk in Central America ⓘ volcanic arc geometry in Central America ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Costa Rica ⓘ El Salvador ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ Panama ⓘ
motionType	convergent boundary with Caribbean Plate ⓘ convergent boundary with North American Plate ⓘ divergent boundary with Nazca Plate ⓘ divergent boundary with Pacific Plate ⓘ transform boundary with Rivera Plate ⓘ
movesRelativeTo	Caribbean Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ
namedAfter	Cocos Island ⓘ
overriddenBy	Caribbean Plate ⓘ surface form: Caribbean Plate at Central America North American Plate ⓘ surface form: North American Plate at Mexico
partOf	Earth lithosphere ⓘ
subductionZone	Middle America Trench ⓘ
subductsBeneath	Caribbean Plate ⓘ Central America ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ
typeOfSubduction	oceanic-continental subduction ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Pacific Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Rivera Plate → borders → Cocos Plate ⓘ

South American Plate → borders → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Nazca Plate → bordersPlate → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Pacific Plate → boundedBy → Cocos Plate ⓘ

eastern Pacific Ocean → boundedBy → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Middle America Trench → formedBySubductionOf → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → formedBySubductionOf → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Caribbean Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Cocos Plate ⓘ

North American Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Farallon Plate → hasRemnant → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Pacific Ocean → hasTectonicBoundary → Cocos Plate ⓘ

North American plate boundary system → interactsWith → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Rivera Plate → interactsWith → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Rivera Plate → isSeparatedFrom → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Rivera Plate → isSmallerThan → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Tehuantepec Ridge → locatedOn → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Cocos Ridge → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Guatemala Basin → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Rivera Plate → movesRelativeTo → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Cocos Ridge → namedAfter → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Cocos–Nazca spreading center → namedAfter → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Caribbean Plate → overrides → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Cocos–Nazca spreading center → plateBoundaryBetween → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Cocos–Nazca spreading center → separates → Cocos Plate ⓘ

East Pacific Rise → separates → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Farallon Plate → subductedBeneath → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Fuego → subductingPlate → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Turrialba → subductingPlate → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Colima Volcano → tectonicPlate → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Tehuantepec Ridge → tectonicPlate → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Cocos–Nazca spreading center → tectonicPlateRegion → Cocos Plate ⓘ

Central American Volcanic Arc → underlyingSubductingPlate → Cocos Plate ⓘ