Southern Asia
What tectonic plate is Sri Lanka on?
Sri Lanka sits entirely on the Indian Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 66,043 km²
Plates under Sri Lanka
Share of Sri Lanka's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Sri Lanka itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Indian Plate.
Earthquakes in Sri Lanka
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Sri Lanka since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka on?
Sri Lanka sits entirely on the Indian Plate.
Is Sri Lanka on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Sri Lanka itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the Indian Plate.
Does Sri Lanka get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Sri Lanka since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.