Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture
Japan · Asia
Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, in Asia. It lies on the Amur Plate. Records include 57 tsunamis observed on its coasts and 1 cyclone 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
- 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
- 2003Hokkaido Island, Japan · 4.4 m2 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
Tropical Cyclones
- 2012Typhoon JelawatCat. 5
Famous Faults
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002