Plate

Panama Plate

The Panama Plate covers 273,735 km² and borders 4 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 30.1 mm per year relative to each other, up to 79.1 mm per year. 7 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 4 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

273,735 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

30.1 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

79.1 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

7

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Caribbean Plate
• Cocos Plate
• North Andes Plate
• Nazca Plate

Overrides

• Cocos Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Poás Volcano
• Turrialba
• Arenal Volcano
• Irazú Volcano

Sources : Bird, P. (2003), An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, modèle PB2002 · Smithsonian GVP · calculs Live Atlas