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Country
Map of Senegal
Africa · Dakar
Senegal lies on the African Plate. Its natural and humanitarian risk index (INFORM) is 4.6 out of 10, a medium level.
- Capital
- Dakar
- Population
- 16,876,720
- Area
- 196,722 km²
- Continent
- Africa
Tectonic Plates
Natural Hazards
INFORM index by the European Commission, from 0 (very low) to 10 (very high), for each type of hazard.
People Exposed Each Year
- 8to tsunamis
- 88,067to river floods
- 11,458to coastal floods
Risk Index Over Time
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- Water ScarcityHigh
- Extreme HeatHigh
- WildfireHigh
- TsunamiMedium
- EarthquakeLow
- LandslideVery 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.
Tsunamis
1 major tsunami has reached Senegal since 1900. The deadliest and highest are listed below.
- 2022Tsunami (Tonga) · 0.1 m
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