New York is on the north american plate
recessive plate boundary
transform boundary
A small probability as New York is no where near a plate boundary or a volcano, so no major earthquakes or volcanic eruptions could happen. A minor earthquake could occur due to other reasons, however.
The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes are a rare example of large earthquakes occurring in the middle of a plate, there was no plate boundary involved.
Rabaul is on the Australian-Pacific plate boundary. The Australian-Pacific plate boundary is over 4,000 kilometers long and is situated by Papua, New Guinea.
California is on a tectonic plate boundary. When the plates move past each other, an earthquake happens. There is no boundary running through New York.
The boundary is between the Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate.
recessive plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary.
transform boundary
near the center of a large plate
The 'South Island'. A collision boundary.
A small probability as New York is no where near a plate boundary or a volcano, so no major earthquakes or volcanic eruptions could happen. A minor earthquake could occur due to other reasons, however.
The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes are a rare example of large earthquakes occurring in the middle of a plate, there was no plate boundary involved.
Older material
Rabaul is on the Australian-Pacific plate boundary. The Australian-Pacific plate boundary is over 4,000 kilometers long and is situated by Papua, New Guinea.
For license plates in the state of New York, the top of the plate reads "New York". The bottom of the plate reads, "The Empire State".