Northern Europe
What tectonic plate is Denmark on?
Denmark sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 42,417 km²
Plates under Denmark
Share of Denmark's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Denmark itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Earthquakes in Denmark
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Denmark since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Denmark
Denmark 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 Denmark on?
Denmark sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
Is Denmark on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Denmark itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Does Denmark get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Denmark since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Denmark?
Denmark has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.