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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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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Burma Plate borderedBy Andaman microplate