Burma Plate

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microplate minor tectonic plate tectonic plate

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Burma Plate canonical	8
Burma microplate	1
Burmese microplate at Sunda Arc region	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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ linked to: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake ⓘ linked to: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake ⓘ frequent large megathrust earthquakes ⓘ
associatedWithStructure	Andaman–Sumatra subduction zone ⓘ linked to: Sumatra subduction zone Arakan Yoma fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ linked to: Arakan Mountains Myanmar Central Basin ⓘ Sagaing Fault ⓘ Sunda megathrust ⓘ linked to: Sunda subduction system
borderedBy	Andaman microplate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ Indian Plate ⓘ linked to: India 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	Indian Plate ⓘ linked to: India Plate Sunda Plate ⓘ
overrides	Indian Plate along the Sunda megathrust ⓘ
partOf	Alpide Belt ⓘ linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt Tethyan orogenic system ⓘ linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt 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

Referenced by (10)

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

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami → plateInvolved → Burma Plate ⓘ

Sunda Plate → borderedBy → Burma Plate ⓘ

Sunda Plate → subductsBeneath → Burma Plate ⓘ

India Plate → interactsWith → Burma microplate ⓘ

linked to: Burma Plate

Barren Island → near → Burma Plate ⓘ

Sagaing Fault → locatedIn → Burma Plate ⓘ

Sagaing Fault → accommodatesMotionBetween → Burma Plate ⓘ

Andaman microplate → borders → Burma Plate ⓘ

Andaman microplate → relativeMotionWith → Burma Plate ⓘ

Indian Plate → subductsBeneath → Burmese microplate at Sunda Arc region ⓘ

subject linked to: Arabian Plate and Indian Plate