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Province
Gangwon
South Korea · Asia
Gangwon is a province of South Korea, in Asia. It lies on the Amur Plate. Records include 2 tsunamis 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.
- Urban FloodHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Coastal FloodMedium
- LandslideMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- EarthquakeLow
- TsunamiLow
- Water ScarcityLow
- River FloodVery Low
- VolcanoVery Low
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 1993Sea of Japan, Japan · 32.0 m231 deaths
- 1983Noshiro, Japan · 14.9 m104 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002