Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
Japan · Asia
Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, in Asia. It lies on the Okhotsk Plate. Records include 1 volcano, 1 major earthquake since 1900 and 51 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
- TsunamiHigh
- Coastal FloodMedium
- LandslideMedium
- VolcanoMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
Volcanoes (1)
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20032003 Miyagi Earthquake · M 7.0
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2023East Mindanao Island, Philippines · 0.3 m3 deaths
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2022Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan · 0.3 m4 deaths
- 2021Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan · 0.1 m1 deaths
- 2011Honshu Island, Japan · 39.3 m18,423 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
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002