Western Asia
What tectonic plate is Northern Cyprus on?
Northern Cyprus sits entirely on the Anatolian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 3,472 km²
Plates under Northern Cyprus
Share of Northern Cyprus's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
3 plate boundaries run through or along Northern Cyprus: 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 Northern Cyprus
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Northern Cyprus since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus 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 Northern Cyprus on?
Northern Cyprus sits entirely on the Anatolian Plate.
Is Northern Cyprus on a plate boundary?
3 plate boundaries run through or along Northern Cyprus: 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 Northern Cyprus get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Northern Cyprus since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Northern Cyprus?
Northern Cyprus has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.