Southern Europe
What tectonic plate is Kosovo on?
Kosovo sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 10,912 km²
Plates under Kosovo
Share of Kosovo's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Kosovo itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Earthquakes in Kosovo
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Kosovo since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Kosovo
Kosovo 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 Kosovo on?
Kosovo sits entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
Is Kosovo on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Kosovo itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Eurasian Plate.
Does Kosovo get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Kosovo since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Kosovo?
Kosovo has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.