Plate Tectonics in Italy

1. 

Italy is located on the edge of the Eurasian Plate, close to the boundary of the Eurasian and African plates.

2. The Eurasian plate moves at about 2 cm per year eastward. It is divergent with the North American plate and convergent with the African plate.

3. Because of the convergent reaction with the African plate, mountain ranges like the Alps formed in the cause of the two pushing against each other.

4. Volcanoes are a major hazard caused by the convergent boundary. Some of these volcanoes have caused major casualties, like mount Vesuvius in Naples for example.

Earthquakes also happen in the regions around the plate boundary, but are much less common than the volcanoes.

5. Italy has some faults in the land, such as in the Alps and the Apennines.