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One of the seven major plates moving about on the earth's surface. The Pacific Plate is an
oceanic plate
and covers about 20% of the earth's surface. It is moving northwest at a
rate
of about 2 cm/year.
Boardering the southeastern side of the Pacific plate is the East Pacific Rise located in the center of the
Pacific Ocean
. It is a
spreading center
which causes the plate to move toward the northwest.
The northeastern margin (near
California
) of the Pacific Plate is experiencing
shearing
forces as the
North American plate
rubs against it. This creates a good deal of
earthquake
activity in western
North America
.
Towards the north and western ends, the Pacific Plate is being subducted by the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate, the
Phillippine
Sea plate and the Indian-Australian plate. Subduction along the western boundaries creates the deep-sea
trench
es and
volcanic island
s that occur in these areas.
For more information on this subject, see
plate tectonics
.
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East Pacific Rise
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