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Province
Nueva Ecija
Philippines · Asia
Nueva Ecija is a province of the Philippines, in Asia. It spans the Sunda and Philippine Sea plates. Records include 1 major earthquake since 1900 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
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 19901990 Luzon Earthquake · M 7.82,412 deaths
Tropical Cyclones
- 1998Typhoon BabsCat. 4
- 1985Typhoon DotCat. 5
- 1978Typhoon RitaCat. 5
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002