Eastern Asia
What tectonic plate is Hong Kong on?
Hong Kong sits entirely on the Yangtze Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 1,029 km²
Plates under Hong Kong
Share of Hong Kong's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
A plate boundary runs through or along Hong Kong: the Eurasian-Yangtze boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr).
Earthquakes in Hong Kong
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Hong Kong since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Hong Kong
Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong on?
Hong Kong sits entirely on the Yangtze Plate.
Is Hong Kong on a plate boundary?
A plate boundary runs through or along Hong Kong: the Eurasian-Yangtze boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr).
Does Hong Kong get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Hong Kong since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Hong Kong?
Hong Kong has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.