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Province
Western
Papua New Guinea · Oceania
Western is a province of Papua New Guinea, in Oceania. It lies on the Australian Plate. Records include 2 major earthquakes 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
- Coastal FloodHigh
- LandslideHigh
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- TsunamiMedium
- CycloneMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- VolcanoVery Low
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 2018S Highlands, Hela · M 6.725 deaths
- 2018S Highlands · M 6.011 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002