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Country
Map of French Polynesia
Oceania
French Polynesia lies on the Pacific Plate.
- Continent
- Oceania
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
- TsunamiHigh
- CycloneHigh
- LandslideMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- VolcanoLow
- WildfireVery Low
Volcanoes
No volcano active over the last 10,000 years is recorded in this country.
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
No major earthquake has been recorded in this country since 1900.
Regions
Regions with volcanoes, major earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones or famous faults.
Tsunamis
30 major tsunamis have reached French Polynesia since 1900, killing 3 people in the country. The deadliest and highest are listed below.
- 1946Tsunami (United States of America) · 20.0 m3 deaths
- 1999Tsunami (French Polynesia) · 8.0 m
- 1957Tsunami (United States of America) · 6.0 m
- 2011Tsunami (Japan) · 4.5 m
- 2010Tsunami (Chile) · 3.9 m
- 1960Tsunami (Chile) · 3.4 m
- 1995Tsunami (Chile) · 3.0 m
- 2025Tsunami (Russia) · 2.2 m
Sources : Natural Earth · Wikidata · INFORM Risk Index (1 September 2026 v 0.7.3), Commission européenne, CC BY 4.0 · NOAA NCEI · ThinkHazard!, GFDRR, CC BY · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution