Northern Europe
What tectonic plate is Finland on?
Finland sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 330,494 km²
Plates under Finland
Share of Finland's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Finland itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Earthquakes in Finland
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Finland since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Finland
Finland 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 Finland on?
Finland sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
Is Finland on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Finland itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Does Finland get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Finland since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Finland?
Finland has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.