Western Asia
What tectonic plate is Oman on?
Oman sits entirely on the Arabian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 312,072 km²
Plates under Oman
Share of Oman's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
3 plate boundaries run through or along Oman: the Arabian-Eurasian boundary (convergent, about 3.5 cm/yr), the Arabian-Indian boundary (transform, about 0.7 cm/yr) and the Somali-Arabian boundary (divergent, about 2.4 cm/yr).
- Arabian and Eurasian: convergent, 3.5 cm/yr
- Arabian and Indian: transform, 0.7 cm/yr
- Somali and Arabian: divergent, 2.4 cm/yr
The fastest of these is the Arabian-Eurasian boundary, where the plates move about 3.5 cm/yr relative to each other. That is faster than fingernails grow.
Earthquakes in Oman
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Oman since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Oman
Oman 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 Oman on?
Oman sits entirely on the Arabian Plate.
Is Oman on a plate boundary?
3 plate boundaries run through or along Oman: the Arabian-Eurasian boundary (convergent, about 3.5 cm/yr), the Arabian-Indian boundary (transform, about 0.7 cm/yr) and the Somali-Arabian boundary (divergent, about 2.4 cm/yr).
Does Oman get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Oman since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Oman?
Oman has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.