District
Hambantota
Sri Lanka · Asia
Hambantota is a district of Sri Lanka, in Asia. It lies on the Indian 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.
- River FloodHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Urban FloodMedium
- Coastal FloodMedium
- TsunamiMedium
- CycloneMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
- EarthquakeVery Low
- LandslideVery Low
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2005Indonesia · 4.2 m1,319 deaths
- 2004Off West Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia · 50.9 m227,899 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002