Caribbean Plate

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Caribbean_Plate

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	geographical region
gptkbp:affectsCountries	gptkb:Central_America gptkb:Colombia gptkb:Cuba gptkb:Hispaniola gptkb:Jamaica gptkb:Puerto_Rico gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago gptkb:Venezuela
gptkbp:area	~3.2 million km²
gptkbp:borders	gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:North_American_Plate gptkb:Cocos_Plate gptkb:Nazca_Plate gptkb:South_American_Plate
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Central_America gptkb:Greater_Antilles gptkb:Lesser_Antilles Caribbean Sea floor parts of northern South America parts of southern North America
gptkbp:earthquake	yes
gptkbp:formed	gptkb:Cretaceous_period
gptkbp:hasVolcano	yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Caribbean Plate
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkbp:majorFault	gptkb:Enriquillo-Plantain_Garden_fault_zone gptkb:Motagua_Fault gptkb:Polochic_Fault gptkb:Septentrional-Oriente_fault_zone
gptkbp:movement	eastward
gptkbp:movementSpeed	~2-3 cm/year
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkbp:overlies	gptkb:Caribbean_Large_Igneous_Province
gptkbp:subductionZone	gptkb:Central_America_subduction_zone gptkb:Lesser_Antilles_subduction_zone
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:La_Soufrière gptkb:Middle_America_Trench
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5