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Country
Map of Hong Kong
Asia
Hong Kong lies on the Yangtze Plate.
- Continent
- Asia
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- LandslideMedium
- TsunamiMedium
- Water ScarcityMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- River FloodVery Low
- EarthquakeVery 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.
Regions
Regions with volcanoes, major earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones or famous faults.
Tropical Cyclones
3 major tropical cyclones have made landfall in Hong Kong since 1950. The deadliest and most powerful are listed below.
- 1979Typhoon Hope · 157 km/h
- 2008Typhoon Fengshen · 93 km/h
- 2008Typhoon Nuri · 83 km/h
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