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Hawaii
United States of America · North America
Hawaii is a state of the United States of America, in North America. It lies on the Pacific Plate. Records include 5 volcanoes, 1 major earthquake since 1900, 76 tsunamis observed on its coasts and 1 cyclone crossing it with hurricane-force winds.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- LandslideMedium
- VolcanoMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
Volcanoes (5)
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 19751975 Hawaii Earthquake · M 7.72 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2018Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia · 4.0 m
- 2017South Mexico, Mexico · 2.7 m98 deaths
- 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
- 2013Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands · 11.0 m10 deaths
- 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
- 2012Guatemala · 0.4 m48 deaths
- 2007Solomon Islands · 12.1 m52 deaths
- 2007South Peru, Peru · 10.1 m596 deaths
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 2003Hokkaido Island, Japan · 4.4 m2 deaths
- 2001South Peru, Peru · 8.8 m103 deaths
Tropical Cyclones
- 1959Hurricane DotCat. 4
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002