Western Asia
What tectonic plate is Israel on?
Israel spans 2 tectonic plates: the African Plate (81%) and the Arabian Plate (19%).
- Plates
- 2
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 22,050 km²
Plates under Israel
Share of Israel's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
2 plate boundaries run through or along Israel: the Arabian-African boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr) and the Anatolian-African boundary (convergent, about 1.4 cm/yr).
Earthquakes in Israel
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Israel since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Israel
Israel 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 Israel on?
Israel spans 2 tectonic plates: the African Plate (81%) and the Arabian Plate (19%).
Is Israel on a plate boundary?
2 plate boundaries run through or along Israel: the Arabian-African boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr) and the Anatolian-African boundary (convergent, about 1.4 cm/yr).
Does Israel get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Israel since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Israel?
Israel has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.