Southern Europe
What tectonic plate is Bosnia and Herzegovina on?
Bosnia and Herzegovina sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 51,685 km²
Plates under Bosnia and Herzegovina
Share of Bosnia and Herzegovina's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Bosnia and Herzegovina itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Earthquakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina on?
Bosnia and Herzegovina sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
Is Bosnia and Herzegovina on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Bosnia and Herzegovina itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Does Bosnia and Herzegovina get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Bosnia and Herzegovina has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.