Arito Plate



The Arito Plate is a minor tectonic plate that covers all of the Aritonesia. The plate is covered by the North American plate to the east, the Pacific plate to the west, the Cocos plate to the south east, the Nazca plate to the south and Juan De Fuca plate to the north east. The plate's motion is moving to the west from the main North American continent and moving upwards.

The Arito plate is considered to be the most unstable tectonic plate due to the mantle of the plate being extremely mushy. Because of this, it is prone to earthquakes and two major earthquakes, the first in 1471 and the second in 1742, caused Aritonesia, once a subcontinent, to sink around 100 meters below sea level and 30 meters below sea level respectively.