Eastern Africa
What tectonic plate is Somaliland on?
Somaliland sits entirely on the Somali Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 168,492 km²
Plates under Somaliland
Share of Somaliland's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
3 plate boundaries run through or along Somaliland: the Arabian-African boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr), the Somali-Arabian boundary (divergent, about 2.4 cm/yr) and the Somali-African boundary (divergent, about 0.3 cm/yr).
Earthquakes in Somaliland
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Somaliland since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Somaliland
Somaliland 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 Somaliland on?
Somaliland sits entirely on the Somali Plate.
Is Somaliland on a plate boundary?
3 plate boundaries run through or along Somaliland: the Arabian-African boundary (divergent, about 1.4 cm/yr), the Somali-Arabian boundary (divergent, about 2.4 cm/yr) and the Somali-African boundary (divergent, about 0.3 cm/yr).
Does Somaliland get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Somaliland since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Somaliland?
Somaliland has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.