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Province
Southern Highlands
Papua New Guinea · Oceania
Southern Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea, in Oceania. It spans the Woodlark and Australian plates. Records include 1 major earthquake since 1900.
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
- LandslideHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- CycloneLow
- VolcanoVery Low
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20182018 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.5145 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002