Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
Japan · Asia
Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, in Asia. It spans the Okinawa and Yangtze plates. Records include 32 tsunamis observed on its coasts and 6 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.
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- CycloneHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- VolcanoMedium
- Water ScarcityMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- River FloodVery Low
- WildfireVery Low
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2024East Taiwan-Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan · 1.0 m18 deaths
- 2023East Mindanao Island, Philippines · 0.3 m3 deaths
- 2012Philippine Islands, Philippines · 0.2 m1 deaths
- 2009Near North Coast, Indonesia · 0.4 m5 deaths
- 2007South Peru, Peru · 10.1 m596 deaths
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 2002Taiwan · 0.2 m5 deaths
- 2002Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea · 5.5 m4 deaths
- 2001South Peru, Peru · 8.8 m103 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
Tropical Cyclones
- 2012Typhoon BolavenCat. 4
- 2003Typhoon Choi-WanCat. 3
- 2002Typhoon RusaCat. 4
- 2001Typhoon NariCat. 3
- 1992Typhoon JanisCat. 4
- 1961Typhoon NancyCat. 5
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002