Northern Europe
What tectonic plate is Latvia on?
Latvia sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 64,260 km²
Plates under Latvia
Share of Latvia's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Latvia itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Earthquakes in Latvia
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Latvia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Latvia
Latvia 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 Latvia on?
Latvia sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
Is Latvia on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Latvia itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Does Latvia get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Latvia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Latvia?
Latvia has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.