Eastern Africa
What tectonic plate is Somalia on?
Somalia sits entirely on the Somali Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 473,607 km²
Plates under Somalia
Share of Somalia's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
A plate boundary runs through or along Somalia: the Somali-Arabian boundary (divergent, about 2.4 cm/yr).
Earthquakes in Somalia
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Somalia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Somalia
Somalia 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 Somalia on?
Somalia sits entirely on the Somali Plate.
Is Somalia on a plate boundary?
A plate boundary runs through or along Somalia: the Somali-Arabian boundary (divergent, about 2.4 cm/yr).
Does Somalia get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Somalia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Somalia?
Somalia has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.