Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
Japan · Asia
Iwate Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, in Asia. It lies on the Okhotsk Plate. Records include 3 volcanoes, 1 major earthquake since 1900 and 19 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.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- CycloneHigh
- Coastal FloodMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
Volcanoes (3)
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20082008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake · M 6.923 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2022Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan · 0.3 m4 deaths
- 2011Honshu Island, Japan · 39.3 m18,423 deaths
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 2003Hokkaido Island, Japan · 4.4 m2 deaths
- 1982Hokkaido Island, Japan · 1.3 m110 deaths
- 1979Colombia: Off Shore, Pacific Ocean, Colombia · 6.0 m600 deaths
- 1978Sanriku, Japan · 0.6 m28 deaths
- 1975South Kuril Islands, Russia · 5.5 m
- 1973Hokkaido Island, Japan · 6.0 m
- 1969South Kuril Islands, Russia · 5.0 m
- 1968Off East Coast of Honshu Island, Japan · 6.0 m52 deaths
- 1965Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Ak, United States of America · 10.7 m
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002