answersLogoWhite

0

The Pacific Plate is the largest tectonic plate and is covered entirely by the Pacific Ocean.

User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What kind of tectonic plate is the eurasian plate?

The tectonic plate under parts of Europe and Asia is a continental crustal plate.


Which tectonic plate does Tokyo come under?

The North American plate.


What tectonic plates are under etna?

Its under the South American Plate


Does subduction happen at a plate boundary?

Subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.


Do seafloor plates collide?

Technically, yes. At convergent boundaries, an oceanic plate will subduct, or sink, under a continental plate and melt back into the mantle. An example of this is the Juan De Fuca plate, which has almost been entirely subducted under the North American Plate.


What can form when one oceanic plate subducts under another oceanic plate?

Tectonic


How many tectonic plates are under the Pacific Ocean?

one plate, the pacific plate


When are island arc volcanoes formed?

The island-arc volcanoes are formed from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate, and often parallel an oceanic trench.


What are the names of the tectonic plates involved in Japan's 2011 earthquake?

The tectonic plates involved in Japan's 2011 earthquake were the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The earthquake resulted from the Pacific Plate subducting beneath the North American Plate along the Japan Trench.


What are movements of the earth crust and mantle called?

this is called tectonic plates moving, this causes earthquakes and if under water it's called a psunami


What cities are on plate boundaries?

Japan is under three tectonic plates


How did the movement of create the Himalayas?

The Himalayas were lifted by the subduction of the Indian tectonic plate under the Eurasian Plate,