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Northland
New Zealand · Oceania
Northland is a regional council of New Zealand, in Oceania. It lies on the Australian Plate. Records include 5 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.
- Coastal FloodHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Urban FloodMedium
- River FloodLow
- EarthquakeLow
- LandslideLow
- VolcanoLow
- Water ScarcityVery Low
- Extreme HeatVery Low
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2018Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia · 4.0 m
- 1977Tonga Trench, Tonga · 0.4 m1 deaths
- 1960Southern Chile, Chile · 25.0 m2,226 deaths
- 1952Kamchatka, Russia · 23.0 m10,000 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002