Northern Europe
What tectonic plate is Lithuania on?
Lithuania sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 64,518 km²
Plates under Lithuania
Share of Lithuania's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Lithuania itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Earthquakes in Lithuania
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Lithuania since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Lithuania
Lithuania 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 Lithuania on?
Lithuania sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
Is Lithuania on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Lithuania itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Does Lithuania get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Lithuania since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Lithuania?
Lithuania has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.