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Metropolitan City
Busan
South Korea · Asia
Busan is a metropolitan city of South Korea, in Asia. It lies on the Amur Plate. Records include 1 tsunami observed on its coasts.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- WildfireHigh
- Urban FloodMedium
- Coastal FloodMedium
- LandslideMedium
- TsunamiMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
- River FloodVery Low
- EarthquakeVery Low
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 1993Sea of Japan, Japan · 32.0 m231 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002