The Banda Sea plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Banda Sea plate covers about 696,000 km² and meets 5 other plates (Molucca Sea, Timor, Sunda, Australia…). 7 M4.5+ earthquakes inside it in the last 30 days. Its edges, coloured by what happens along them, on a live map.
The facts
- Plate
- Banda Sea plate (BS)
- Area
- about 696,000 km²
- Boundary
- about 3,990 km
- One plate going under
- 3,990 km (100%)
- Neighbours
- Molucca Sea (1,462 km), Timor (1,382 km), Sunda (562 km), Australia (347 km), Birds Head (237 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 7 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M5.1 123 km N of Metinaro, Timor Leste
Source
Bird (2003) PB2002 plate model · USGS. This page was built from the feed on 2026-10-24 22:00 UTC; the live map shows it as it is now.
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