Lombok island in Indonesia – part of earthquake prone Sunda Plate – has been struck by a destructive earthquake in which more than 100 people have died.
Sunda Plate:
The Sunda Plate is a minor tectonic plate (Earlier, it was considered a part of the Eurasian Plate, but scientists have confirmed it to be an independent plate).
Location: On Sunda plate, the majority of Southeast Asia is located. The plate includes South China Sea, Andaman Sea, parts of Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.
Neighboring plates:
It is surrounded by convergent boundaries namely the Philippine Sea Plate to the East, and the Indo-Australian Plate to the South, which are subducting below it.
Its northern boundary is characterised by its slow collision with the Eurasian Plate.
Sunda Arc:
The Sunda Arc is the area along the Sunda plate below which the Indo-Australian plate is being subducted.
It extends from the Sumatra Island of Indonesia to Papua/New Guinea.
The arc is characterized by a high degree of volcanic and seismic activity.
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