The Somalia plate: where it is, its boundaries and its earthquakes
The Somalia plate covers about 19.2 million km² and meets 5 other plates (Africa, Antarctica, India, Australia…). 13 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
- Somalia plate (SO)
- Area
- about 19.2 million km²
- Boundary
- about 23,445 km
- Pulling apart
- 9,340 km (40%)
- Sliding past / complex
- 14,105 km (60%)
- Neighbours
- Africa (9,042 km), Antarctica (5,522 km), India (3,818 km), Australia (3,145 km), Arabia (1,917 km)
- Quakes, last 30 days
- 13 of magnitude 4.5 or more
- Strongest this month
- M5.4 Mid-Indian 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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