South-Eastern Asia

What tectonic plate is Cambodia on?

Cambodia sits entirely on the Sunda Plate.

Plates
1
M6.5+ quakes since 1900
0
Holocene volcanoes
0
Land area
181,363 km²
Map of Cambodia with the tectonic plate boundaries around it Open on interactive map

Plates under Cambodia

Share of Cambodia's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).

  1. Sunda Plate 100%

Plate boundaries

No plate boundary crosses Cambodia itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Sunda Plate.

How convergent, divergent and transform boundaries work

Earthquakes in Cambodia

The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Cambodia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.

See today's earthquakes on the live map

Volcanoes in Cambodia

Cambodia 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 Cambodia on?

Cambodia sits entirely on the Sunda Plate.

Is Cambodia on a plate boundary?

No plate boundary crosses Cambodia itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Sunda Plate.

Does Cambodia get earthquakes?

The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Cambodia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.

Are there volcanoes in Cambodia?

Cambodia has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

Other countries on the Sunda Plate