Western Africa
What tectonic plate is Nigeria on?
Nigeria sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 911,553 km²
Plates under Nigeria
Share of Nigeria's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Nigeria itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Earthquakes in Nigeria
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Nigeria since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Nigeria
Nigeria 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 Nigeria on?
Nigeria sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Nigeria on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Nigeria itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Does Nigeria get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Nigeria since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Nigeria?
Nigeria has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.