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Province
Eastern Samar
Philippines · Asia
Eastern Samar is a province of the Philippines, in Asia. It lies on the Sunda Plate. Records include 1 tsunami observed on its coasts and 5 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
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- CycloneHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- LandslideMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- River FloodLow
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 1995Samar Island, Philippines · 2.0 m
Tropical Cyclones
- 2020Typhoon VongfongCat. 3
- 2014Typhoon HagupitCat. 5
- 2008Typhoon FengshenCat. 3
- 2006Typhoon UtorCat. 3
- 1998Typhoon FaithCat. 2
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002