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Oregon
United States of America · North America
Oregon is a state of the United States of America, in North America. It lies on the North American Plate. Records include 14 volcanoes and 9 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
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
- CycloneVery Low
Volcanoes (14)
- Mount Hood 1866
- Mount Jefferson 950
- Newberry Volcano 690
- Blue Lake Crater 680
- Belknap 475
- Three Sisters 439
- Sand Mountain Field 950 BCE
- Jordan Craters 1,250 BCE
- Davis Lake 2,790 BCE
- Crater Lake 2,850 BCE
- Diamond Craters 5,610 BCE
- Mount Bachelor 5,800 BCE
- Devils Garden ?
- Cinnamon Butte ?
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
- 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 2003Hokkaido Island, Japan · 4.4 m2 deaths
- 1996Irian Jaya, Indonesia · 7.7 m164 deaths
- 1995Northern Chile, Chile · 3.0 m3 deaths
- 1994South Kuril Islands, Russia · 10.4 m11 deaths
- 1964Prince William Sound, Ak, United States of America · 51.8 m139 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002