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Country
Map of the Falkland Islands
South America
The Falkland Islands lies on the South American Plate.
- Continent
- South America
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- Coastal FloodHigh
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- TsunamiMedium
- River FloodVery Low
- Urban FloodVery Low
- Water ScarcityVery Low
- Extreme HeatVery Low
Volcanoes
No volcano active over the last 10,000 years is recorded in this country.
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
No major earthquake has been recorded in this country since 1900.
Sources : Natural Earth · Wikidata · INFORM Risk Index (1 September 2026 v 0.7.3), Commission européenne, CC BY 4.0 · NOAA NCEI · ThinkHazard!, GFDRR, CC BY · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution