Southern Africa
What tectonic plate is Namibia on?
Namibia sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 824,633 km²
Plates under Namibia
Share of Namibia's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Namibia itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Earthquakes in Namibia
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Namibia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Namibia
Namibia 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 Namibia on?
Namibia sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Namibia on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Namibia itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Does Namibia get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Namibia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Namibia?
Namibia has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.