Western Africa
What tectonic plate is Guinea on?
Guinea sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 244,926 km²
Plates under Guinea
Share of Guinea's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Guinea itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Earthquakes in Guinea
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Guinea since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Guinea
Guinea 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 on?
Guinea sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Guinea on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Guinea itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Does Guinea get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Guinea since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Guinea?
Guinea has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.