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