Province
British Columbia
Canada · North America
British Columbia is a province of Canada, in North America. It lies on the North American Plate. Records include 19 volcanoes, 1 major earthquake since 1900 and 16 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
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- CycloneVery Low
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Volcanoes (19)
- Iskut-Unuk River Cones 1800
- Tseax River Cone 1690
- Wells Gray-Clearwater 1550
- Edziza 950
- Mount Meager 410 BCE
- Nazko 5220 BCE
- Hoodoo Mountain 7050 BCE
- Mount Garibaldi 8060 BCE
- Atlin Volcanic Field ?
- Tuya volcanic field ?
- Heart Peaks ?
- Level Mountain ?
- Spectrum Range ?
- Crow Lagoon ?
- Milbanke Sound Group ?
- Mount Silverthrone ?
- Bridge River Cones ?
- Garibaldi Lake ?
- Mount Cayley volcanic field ?
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20122012 Haida Gwaii Earthquake · M 7.71 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
- 2013Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands · 11.0 m10 deaths
- 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
- 2007Chehalis Lake, Chilliwack, Canada · 38.0 m
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 2003South Mexico, Mexico · 0.6 m29 deaths
- 2003Hokkaido Island, Japan · 4.4 m2 deaths
- 2001South Peru, Peru · 8.8 m103 deaths
- 1996Irian Jaya, Indonesia · 7.7 m164 deaths
- 1995Northern Chile, Chile · 3.0 m3 deaths
- 1994South Kuril Islands, Russia · 10.4 m11 deaths
- 1975Kitimat Inlet, British Columbia, Canada · 4.1 m
Famous Faults
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002