Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
Japan · Asia
Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, in Asia. It spans the Amur, Philippine Sea and Okhotsk plates. Records include 1 volcano, 1 major earthquake since 1900, 44 tsunamis observed on its coasts and 3 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
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- CycloneHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
Volcanoes (1)
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 1930Honshu, Idu · M 7.1259 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2023East Mindanao Island, Philippines · 0.3 m3 deaths
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
- 2013Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands · 11.0 m10 deaths
- 2012Philippine Islands, Philippines · 0.2 m1 deaths
- 2009Near North Coast, Indonesia · 0.4 m5 deaths
- 2009Honshu: S Coast, Japan · 0.6 m1 deaths
- 2007South Peru, Peru · 10.1 m596 deaths
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 2001South Peru, Peru · 8.8 m103 deaths
- 1999Vanuatu Islands, Vanuatu · 6.6 m10 deaths
- 1998Papua New Guinea · 15.0 m1,636 deaths
Tropical Cyclones
- 2017Typhoon LanCat. 4
- 2011Typhoon RokeCat. 4
- 1965Typhoon LucyCat. 5
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002