Northern Africa
What tectonic plate is Tunisia on?
Tunisia sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 156,658 km²
Plates under Tunisia
Share of Tunisia's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
A plate boundary runs through or along Tunisia: the Eurasian-African boundary (convergent, about 0.6 cm/yr).
Earthquakes in Tunisia
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Tunisia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Tunisia
Tunisia 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 Tunisia on?
Tunisia sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Tunisia on a plate boundary?
A plate boundary runs through or along Tunisia: the Eurasian-African boundary (convergent, about 0.6 cm/yr).
Does Tunisia get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Tunisia since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Tunisia?
Tunisia has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.