Region

Yap State

Federated States of Micronesia · Oceania

Yap State is a region of the Federated States of Micronesia, in Oceania. It spans the Philippine Sea and Pacific plates. Records include 8 tsunamis observed on its coasts.

Tectonic Plates

• Philippine Sea Plate
• Pacific Plate

Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts

• 2023East Mindanao Island, Philippines · 0.3 m3 deaths
• 2013Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands · 11.0 m10 deaths
• 2012Philippine Islands, Philippines · 0.2 m1 deaths
• 2009Near North Coast, Indonesia · 0.4 m5 deaths
• 2002Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea · 5.5 m4 deaths
• 1998Papua New Guinea · 15.0 m1,636 deaths
• 1975Philippine Trench, Philippines · 3.0 m1 deaths
• 1952Se. Hokkaido Island, Japan · 6.5 m33 deaths

• Country Profile · Federated States of Micronesia

Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002