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