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