Western Africa
What tectonic plate is Ghana on?
Ghana sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 239,566 km²
Plates under Ghana
Share of Ghana's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Ghana itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Earthquakes in Ghana
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Ghana since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Ghana
Ghana 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 Ghana on?
Ghana sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Ghana on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Ghana itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Does Ghana get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Ghana since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Ghana?
Ghana has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.