Southern Europe
What tectonic plate is Malta on?
Malta sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 274 km²
Plates under Malta
Share of Malta's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
A plate boundary runs through or along Malta: the Eurasian-African boundary (convergent, about 0.6 cm/yr).
Earthquakes in Malta
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Malta since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Malta
Malta 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 Malta on?
Malta sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Malta on a plate boundary?
A plate boundary runs through or along Malta: the Eurasian-African boundary (convergent, about 0.6 cm/yr).
Does Malta get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Malta since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Malta?
Malta has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.