New Hebrides Plate

Map of the New Hebrides Plate ("Nouvelles Hébrides") and its neighboring plates (in French)

The New Hebrides Plate, sometimes called the Neo-Hebridean Plate, is a minor tectonic plate located in the Pacific Ocean near the island nation of Vanuatu. The plate is bounded on the southwest by the Indo-Australian Plate which is subducting below it. The New Hebrides Subduction Zone is extremely active, producing over 20 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or higher in just the past 25 years.

See also

• List of earthquakes in Vanuatu

References

• Calmant, S.; Pelletier, B.; Lebellegard, P.; Bevis, M.; Taylor, F. W.; Phillips, D. A. (2003). "New insights on the tectonics along the New Hebrides subduction zone based on GPS results". J. Geophys. Res. 108 (B6): 2319. Bibcode:2003JGRB..108.2319C. doi:10.1029/2001JB000644.