Western Africa
What tectonic plate is Ivory Coast on?
Ivory Coast sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 322,297 km²
Plates under Ivory Coast
Share of Ivory Coast's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Ivory Coast itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Earthquakes in Ivory Coast
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Ivory Coast since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast on?
Ivory Coast sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Ivory Coast on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Ivory Coast itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Does Ivory Coast get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Ivory Coast since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.