Western Africa
What tectonic plate is Burkina Faso on?
Burkina Faso sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 273,684 km²
Plates under Burkina Faso
Share of Burkina Faso's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Burkina Faso itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Earthquakes in Burkina Faso
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Burkina Faso since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso on?
Burkina Faso sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Burkina Faso on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Burkina Faso itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Does Burkina Faso get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Burkina Faso since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Burkina Faso?
Burkina Faso has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.