Region

Saipan

Northern Mariana Islands · Oceania

Saipan is a region of the Northern Mariana Islands, in Oceania. It lies on the Mariana Plate. Records include 4 tsunamis observed on its coasts.

Tectonic Plates

• Mariana Plate

Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts

• 2013Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands · 11.0 m10 deaths
• 2012Philippine Islands, Philippines · 0.2 m1 deaths
• 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
• 2009Near North Coast, Indonesia · 0.4 m5 deaths

• Country Profile · Northern Mariana Islands

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