Andaman microplate

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The Andaman microplate is a small tectonic plate in the northeastern Indian Ocean involved in complex interactions and seismic activity between the larger Indian and Burma plates near the Andaman Sea region.

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Andaman microplate canonical 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf microplate ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith Andaman–Sumatra subduction zone ⓘ
back-arc basin tectonics ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
strike-slip faulting ⓘ
subduction processes ⓘ
tsunami generation potential ⓘ
associatedWithEvent 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake ⓘ
2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake ⓘ
borders Burma Plate ⓘ
Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate

Sunda Plate ⓘ
hasBoundaryType spreading center boundary ⓘ
subduction zone boundary ⓘ
transform boundary ⓘ
hasFeature Andaman back-arc basin ⓘ
Andaman spreading center ⓘ
transform fault systems ⓘ
influences morphology of Andaman back-arc basin ⓘ
seismic hazard in Andaman Sea region ⓘ
tectonic deformation of Andaman–Nicobar arc ⓘ
locatedIn Andaman Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Andaman Sea

northeastern Indian Ocean ⓘ
movementType oblique convergence ⓘ
right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ
near Andaman Islands ⓘ
Nicobar Islands ⓘ
northern Sumatra ⓘ
overlies subducting Indian Plate ⓘ
partOf Alpide Belt ⓘ
Alpine–Himalayan orogenic system ⓘ
Indo-Australian Plate system ⓘ
relativeMotionWith Burma Plate ⓘ
Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate

Sunda Plate ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
tectonicSetting back-arc region ⓘ
convergent margin ⓘ

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

Burma Plate → borderedBy → Andaman microplate ⓘ