Southern Africa
What tectonic plate is Eswatini on?
Eswatini sits entirely on the Somali Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 16,992 km²
Plates under Eswatini
Share of Eswatini's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Eswatini itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Somali Plate.
Earthquakes in Eswatini
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Eswatini since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Eswatini
Eswatini 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 Eswatini on?
Eswatini sits entirely on the Somali Plate.
Is Eswatini on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Eswatini itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Somali Plate.
Does Eswatini get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Eswatini since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Eswatini?
Eswatini has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.