Province
Shefa
Vanuatu · Oceania
Shefa is a province of Vanuatu, in Oceania. It lies on the New Hebrides Plate. Records include 1 volcano, 26 tsunamis observed on its coasts and 2 cyclones crossing it with hurricane-force winds.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- CycloneHigh
- Urban FloodMedium
- Coastal FloodMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- River FloodVery Low
- Water ScarcityVery Low
- WildfireVery Low
Volcanoes (1)
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2024Vanuatu Islands, Vanuatu · 0.3 m14 deaths
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2018Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia · 4.0 m
- 2017South Mexico, Mexico · 2.7 m98 deaths
- 2016Solomon Islands · 0.4 m1 deaths
- 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
- 2013Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands · 11.0 m10 deaths
- 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
- 2010Vanuatu Islands, Vanuatu · 4.1 m
- 2009Near North Coast, Indonesia · 0.4 m5 deaths
- 2007Solomon Islands · 12.1 m52 deaths
- 2007South Peru, Peru · 10.1 m596 deaths
Tropical Cyclones
- 2004Cyclone IvyCat. 3
- 1988Cyclone BolaCat. 3
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002