The Africa plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Africa plate covers about 58.5 million km² and meets 6 other plates (South America, Somalia, Eurasia, North America…). 10 M4.5+ earthquakes inside it in the last 30 days. Its edges, coloured by what happens along them, on a live map.
The facts
- Plate
- Africa plate (AF)
- Area
- about 58.5 million km²
- Boundary
- about 39,217 km
- Pulling apart
- 25,437 km (65%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 13,780 km (35%)
- Neighbours
- South America (14,971 km), Somalia (9,042 km), Eurasia (4,738 km), North America (4,004 km), Antarctica (3,301 km), Arabia (3,160 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 10 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M6.7 central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Source
Bird (2003) PB2002 plate model · USGS. This page was built from the feed on 2026-10-24 22:00 UTC; the live map shows it as it is now.
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