Prefecture
Aomori Prefecture
Japan · Asia
Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, in Asia. It lies on the Okhotsk Plate. Records include 4 volcanoes, 46 tsunamis observed on its coasts and 1 cyclone crossing it with hurricane-force winds.
Tectonic Plates
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
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- CycloneHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Volcanoes (4)
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2022Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan · 0.3 m4 deaths
- 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 2003Hokkaido Island, Japan · 4.4 m2 deaths
- 2001South Peru, Peru · 8.8 m103 deaths
- 1999Vanuatu Islands, Vanuatu · 6.6 m10 deaths
- 1998Papua New Guinea · 15.0 m1,636 deaths
- 1997Santa Cruz Is. Vanuatu, Solomon Islands · 3.0 m
- 1996Irian Jaya, Indonesia · 7.7 m164 deaths
- 1995Northern Chile, Chile · 3.0 m3 deaths
- 1994South Kuril Islands, Russia · 10.4 m11 deaths
Tropical Cyclones
- 2002Typhoon HigosCat. 4
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002