Thinnest crust
- Who
- N/A
- What
- 6 kilometre(s)
- When
- 01 January 0001
The thinnest parts of the Earth's crust are just 6 km (3.7 miles) thick and occur in parts of the Pacific Ocean. The thinnest continental crust is just 15 km (9 miles) thick, in the Great Rift Valley of northeast Africa.