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  • Plate Boundaries Near New York: Understanding Earth's Movement
    New York is located on the North American Plate.

    While there isn't a plate boundary directly running through New York, the divergent boundary between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and it's the reason why North America and Europe are drifting apart.

    The closest active plate boundary to New York is the transform fault boundary along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which runs down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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