Western Asia
What tectonic plate is Palestine on?
Palestine spans 2 tectonic plates: the African Plate (86%) and the Arabian Plate (14%).
- Plates
- 2
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 6,333 km²
Plates under Palestine
Share of Palestine's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
2 plate boundaries run through or along Palestine: the Arabian-African boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr) and the Anatolian-African boundary (convergent, about 1.4 cm/yr).
Earthquakes in Palestine
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Palestine since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Palestine
Palestine 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 Palestine on?
Palestine spans 2 tectonic plates: the African Plate (86%) and the Arabian Plate (14%).
Is Palestine on a plate boundary?
2 plate boundaries run through or along Palestine: the Arabian-African boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr) and the Anatolian-African boundary (convergent, about 1.4 cm/yr).
Does Palestine get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Palestine since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Palestine?
Palestine has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.