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Province
Madang
Papua New Guinea · Oceania
Madang is a province of Papua New Guinea, in Oceania. It spans the South Bismarck and Woodlark plates. Records include 3 volcanoes, 2 major earthquakes since 1900 and 2 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.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- CycloneLow
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Volcanoes (3)
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 1993Eastern, Upper Markham Valley · M 6.960 deaths
- 19701970 New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.318 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 1970Papua New Guinea · 3.0 m18 deaths
- 1930Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea · 12.0 m27 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002