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Department
Sonsonate
El Salvador · North America
Sonsonate is a department of El Salvador, in North America. It lies on the Caribbean Plate. Records include 2 volcanoes and 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.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Water ScarcityMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
Volcanoes (2)
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2001El Salvador · 0.3 m844 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002