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Wellington
New Zealand · Oceania
Wellington is a regional council of New Zealand, in Oceania. It spans the Kermadec and Australian plates. 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
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- River FloodLow
- Urban FloodLow
- Water ScarcityVery Low
- Extreme HeatVery Low
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2017South Mexico, Mexico · 2.7 m98 deaths
- 2016Off East Coast of South Island, New Zealand · 6.5 m2 deaths
- 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
- 1952Kamchatka, Russia · 23.0 m10,000 deaths
- 1923Sagami Bay, Japan · 13.0 m105,385 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002