South-Eastern Asia
What tectonic plate is Cambodia on?
Cambodia sits entirely on the Sunda Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 181,363 km²
Plates under Cambodia
Share of Cambodia's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Cambodia itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Sunda Plate.
Earthquakes in Cambodia
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Cambodia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Cambodia
Cambodia 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 Cambodia on?
Cambodia sits entirely on the Sunda Plate.
Is Cambodia on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Cambodia itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Sunda Plate.
Does Cambodia get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Cambodia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Cambodia?
Cambodia has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.