Unitary Authority

Gisborne

New Zealand · Oceania

Gisborne is an unitary authority of New Zealand, in Oceania. It lies on the Kermadec Plate. Records include 8 tsunamis observed on its coasts.

Tectonic Plates

• Kermadec Plate

Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts

• 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
• 2017South Mexico, Mexico · 2.7 m98 deaths
• 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
• 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
• 1960Southern Chile, Chile · 25.0 m2,226 deaths
• 1952Kamchatka, Russia · 23.0 m10,000 deaths
• 1947Off Coast of North Island, New Zealand · 10.0 m
• 1906Off Coast, Ecuador · 5.0 m1,000 deaths

• Country Profile · New Zealand

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