Province
North Maluku
Indonesia · Asia
North Maluku is a province of Indonesia, in Asia. It spans the Bird's Head and Molucca Sea plates. Records include 10 volcanoes, 1 major earthquake since 1900 and 6 tsunamis observed on its coasts.
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
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- River FloodLow
- CycloneLow
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Volcanoes (10)
- Dukono 2026
- Mount Ibu 2026
- Gamalama 2018
- Mount Gamkonora 2007
- Kie Besi 1988
- Kie Matubu 1210
- Mount Tarakan ?
- Tobaru ?
- Jailolo ?
- Todoko-Ranu ?
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20192019 Halmahera Earthquake · M 7.38 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2026Molucca Sea, Indonesia · 0.8 m1 deaths
- 2026Mindanao Island, Philippines · 2.5 m107 deaths
- 2025Mindanao Island, Philippines · 0.3 m10 deaths
- 2019North Moluccas Islands, Indonesia · 0.1 m1 deaths
- 1994Halmahera, Indonesia · 2.0 m9 deaths
- 1994Halmahera, Indonesia · 3.0 m1 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002