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