Tectonic Indonesia West and East

Geological structure in eastern Indonesia is more complicated than in the western part
of Indonesia
Order tectonic Indonesia in the western part shows the pattern of tectonic
relatively simpler than the eastern part of Indonesia. Simplicity tectonic structure is
influenced by the presence of the Sunda Shelf relatively stable. Striking dynamic
movement only occurs in Borneo rotation and stretching of Makassar Strait. This can be
seen in the pattern of distribution of Indonesian subduction path West. While the
existence of a dynamic micro continent because it is separated by many wandering
system greatly affect the shape of the tectonic complexity of eastern Indonesia. Based
on this concept anyway, Indonesia formed orogenesa seven lines, namely: Sunda
orogenesa lines, rows, Taulud, Sulawesi, Banda, Malanisia, and Dayak. Conditions
geological structure is very complicated region of eastern Indonesia as well as
Indonesia due east is where the formation of island arc systems that transform the
association of oceanic trenches, accretion zone, volcanic arc and arc basin behind.
Besides complicating also is his island arcs bounded by the ocean with a depth of
thousands of meters with trenches in a curved arc that exists between different sharp
and very sharp relief.
In tectonic, eastern Indonesia is the location of the meeting of three tectonic
plates, the Pacific Plate moves from east to west, the Australian Plate moving from the
southeast to the northwest and the Eurasian Plate are moving from northwest to
southeast. Pertumbukan three tectonic plates produces a complex pattern that spreads
from the island of Sulawesi, Maluku to Irian Jaya. Movement of the Pacific Plate from
east to the west resulted in the formation of Sorong Fault in the form of shear fracture
extends along the northern coast of Irian Jaya, northern Serui and Biak, branched in the
Bird's Head region, Irian Jaya and then branched again around the Banggai Islands and
Sula in Maluku. All of these things affect the condition of geological structure.
Islands in eastern Indonesia is relatively smaller than in the western part of Indonesia
According to the theory of plate tectonics, eastern Indonesia is known as a zone
of interaction between the Eurasian plate - Indies, Australia, and the Pacific. These
plates demonstrate active subduction zones with somewhat longitudinal direction of
motion of the north, such as trenches in the Philippines, and East Halmahera and
Minahasa in the south rather crosswise. Eastern region of Indonesia was also
composed by micro plates that are vulnerable to the accumulation of energy and easily
release energy in the form of an earthquake.
In the northern part of eastern Indonesia, the Pacific plate crashed into the west
and south of Indonesia. Three enormous pressure because of the movement of earth

plates: the Eurasian Plate, the Indian-Australian plate and the Pacific plate is led to the
interior of the Earth's plates of the Indonesian archipelago is divided into small parts
between the crust that move against each other is limited by patahan- active faults.
While the western part of Indonesia, the region is relatively stable compared to eastern
Indonesia, therefore the islands are larger than those in the eastern region of Indonesia.
More complex the plate, there are higher chance of earthquakes. Its proved by
1900-2009 USGS data said the eastern side of Indonesians plate is more active than
the western. The eastern side of Indonesia have more earthquake than the western
side. And the distribution of the earthquake in Indonesia from 1900-2009 made pattern
that similar with the border between plates, so we can conclude that the earthquake
mostly happened because the subduction between plates. And as closer to the land the
epicentrum of an earthquake mostly deeper.