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