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Province
Pedernales
Dominican Republic · North America
Pedernales is a province of the Dominican Republic, in North America. It lies on the Caribbean 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.
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Coastal FloodMedium
- EarthquakeMedium
- LandslideMedium
- Water ScarcityMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- River FloodLow
- Urban FloodLow
- TsunamiLow
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2010Haiti & Dominican Republic, Haiti · 3.2 m316,000 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002