Middle Africa
What tectonic plate is Angola on?
Angola sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 1.25 million km²
Plates under Angola
Share of Angola's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Angola itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Earthquakes in Angola
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Angola since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Angola
Angola has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.
Frequently asked questions
What tectonic plate is Angola on?
Angola sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Angola on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Angola itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Does Angola get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Angola since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Angola?
Angola has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.