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Province
Balkan
Turkmenistan · Asia
Balkan is a province of Turkmenistan, in Asia. It lies on the Eurasian Plate. Records include 2 major earthquakes since 1900.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- EarthquakeHigh
- Extreme HeatHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Water ScarcityMedium
- River FloodLow
- Urban FloodLow
- LandslideLow
- CycloneVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20002000 Turkmenistan Earthquake · M 7.011 deaths
- 1946Balkan · M 7.5400 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002