Western Africa
What tectonic plate is Guinea-Bissau on?
Guinea-Bissau sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 32,056 km²
Plates under Guinea-Bissau
Share of Guinea-Bissau's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Guinea-Bissau itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Earthquakes in Guinea-Bissau
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Guinea-Bissau since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau on?
Guinea-Bissau sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Guinea-Bissau on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Guinea-Bissau itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Does Guinea-Bissau get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Guinea-Bissau since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.