Western Asia
What tectonic plate is Lebanon on?
Lebanon spans 2 tectonic plates: the African Plate (62%) and the Arabian Plate (39%).
- Plates
- 2
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 10,011 km²
Plates under Lebanon
Share of Lebanon's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
3 plate boundaries run through or along Lebanon: the Arabian-African boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr), the Anatolian-Arabian boundary (convergent, about 1.6 cm/yr) and the Anatolian-African boundary (convergent, about 1.4 cm/yr).
Earthquakes in Lebanon
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Lebanon since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Lebanon
Lebanon 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 Lebanon on?
Lebanon spans 2 tectonic plates: the African Plate (62%) and the Arabian Plate (39%).
Is Lebanon on a plate boundary?
3 plate boundaries run through or along Lebanon: the Arabian-African boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr), the Anatolian-Arabian boundary (convergent, about 1.6 cm/yr) and the Anatolian-African boundary (convergent, about 1.4 cm/yr).
Does Lebanon get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Lebanon since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Lebanon?
Lebanon has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.