The Galapagos microplate at 12,000 square kilometers, is the smallest tectonic plate.
Plate Area
African: 61,334,000
Antarctic: 60,916,000
Arabian: 5,010,900
Australian: 47,152,000
Caribbean: 3,319,000
Cocos: 2,860,000
Eurasian: 67,811,000
Indian: 11,920,000
Juan de Fuca: 252,000
Nazca: 15,630,000
North American: 75,888,000
Pacific: 103,280,000
Philippine: 5,447,000
Scotia: 1,651,000
Somali: 16,667,000
South American: 43,617,000
Bismark microplate: 286,000
Burma microplate: 1,110,000
Caroline microplate: 1,720,000
Easter microplate: 133,000
Explorer microplate: 18,400
Fiji microplates: 1,144,000
* Galapagos microplate: 12,000
Gorda microplate: 69,600
Juan Fernandez microplate: 96,000
Mariana microplate: 364,000
Rivera microplate: 73,000
Solomon microplate: 254,000
South Sandwich microplate: 166,000
Tonga microplate: 962,000