Eastern Africa
What tectonic plate is Madagascar on?
Madagascar sits entirely on the Somali Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 594,597 km²
Plates under Madagascar
Share of Madagascar's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Madagascar itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Somali Plate.
Earthquakes in Madagascar
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Madagascar since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Madagascar
Madagascar 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 Madagascar on?
Madagascar sits entirely on the Somali Plate.
Is Madagascar on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Madagascar itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Somali Plate.
Does Madagascar get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Madagascar since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Madagascar?
Madagascar has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.