Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
Japan · Asia
Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, in Asia. It lies on the Amur Plate. Records include 41 tsunamis observed on its coasts and 2 cyclones 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
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2026Mindanao Island, Philippines · 2.5 m107 deaths
- 2023East Mindanao Island, Philippines · 0.3 m3 deaths
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2009Honshu: S Coast, Japan · 0.6 m1 deaths
- 2002Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea · 5.5 m4 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
- 1995Ryukyu Islands, Japan · 2.6 m
Tropical Cyclones
- 1972Typhoon HelenCat. 3
- 1959Typhoon VeraCat. 5
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002