Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary

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The Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary is a tectonic interface in Central America where the oceanic Cocos Plate interacts with the Caribbean Plate, generating significant seismic and volcanic activity.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf subduction zone ⓘ
tectonic plate boundary ⓘ
affects Costa Rica seismicity ⓘ
El Salvador seismicity ⓘ
Guatemala seismicity ⓘ
Nicaragua seismicity ⓘ
Panama seismicity ⓘ
associatedWith accretionary prism development ⓘ
back-arc deformation in Central America ⓘ
forearc basins of Central America ⓘ
interplate earthquakes ⓘ
intraplate earthquakes in the subducting slab ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
volcanic activity ⓘ
boundaryExpression Middle America Trench ⓘ
causes megathrust earthquakes ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ
controls distribution of volcanoes in Central America ⓘ
seismic hazard in Central America ⓘ
drives Central America Volcanic Arc ⓘ
geologicalProcess oceanic lithosphere subduction ⓘ
hazardType earthquake hazard ⓘ
tsunami hazard ⓘ
volcanic hazard ⓘ
influences crustal shortening in Central America ⓘ
volcanic gas emissions in Central America ⓘ
lithosphereTypeOverriding mostly continental and island-arc ⓘ
lithosphereTypeSubducting oceanic ⓘ
locatedIn Central America ⓘ
movementType subduction of Cocos Plate beneath Caribbean Plate ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
passesAlong Pacific margin of Central America ⓘ
passesOffshoreOf Costa Rica ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
plate1 Cocos Plate ⓘ
plate2 Caribbean Plate ⓘ
relatedStructure Middle America Trench ⓘ
relativeMotion Cocos Plate moving northeastward relative to Caribbean Plate ⓘ
separates Caribbean Plate ⓘ
Cocos Plate ⓘ
studiedIn plate tectonics ⓘ
tectonicRegime compressional ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

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Tehuantepec Ridge → plateBoundaryContext → Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary ⓘ
Guatemala Basin → partOf → Cocos Plate–Central America convergent system ⓘ
linked to: Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary
Colombian Basin → liesEastOf → Central American continental margin ⓘ
linked to: Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary
1986 San Salvador earthquake → plateBoundary → Cocos Plate–Caribbean Plate boundary ⓘ
linked to: Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary
Moyotepe → tectonicContext → Cocos Plate–Caribbean Plate subduction zone ⓘ
linked to: Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary
Telica volcano → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Cocos Plate–Caribbean Plate subduction zone ⓘ
linked to: Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary
South Atlantic tectonic system → includesBoundary → Cocos Plate–Caribbean Plate convergent boundary ⓘ
linked to: Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary