Western Asia
What tectonic plate is Kuwait on?
Kuwait sits entirely on the Arabian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 17,329 km²
Plates under Kuwait
Share of Kuwait's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
A plate boundary runs through or along Kuwait: the Arabian-Eurasian boundary (convergent, about 3.5 cm/yr).
The fastest of these is the Arabian-Eurasian boundary, where the plates move about 3.5 cm/yr relative to each other. That is faster than fingernails grow.
Earthquakes in Kuwait
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Kuwait since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Kuwait
Kuwait 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 Kuwait on?
Kuwait sits entirely on the Arabian Plate.
Is Kuwait on a plate boundary?
A plate boundary runs through or along Kuwait: the Arabian-Eurasian boundary (convergent, about 3.5 cm/yr).
Does Kuwait get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Kuwait since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Kuwait?
Kuwait has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.