Province
Tafea
Vanuatu · Oceania
Tafea is a province of Vanuatu, in Oceania. It lies on the New Hebrides Plate. Records include 2 volcanoes, 5 tsunamis observed on its coasts and 1 cyclone 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.
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- CycloneHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- River FloodVery Low
- WildfireVery Low
Volcanoes (2)
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2024Vanuatu Islands, Vanuatu · 0.3 m14 deaths
- 2018Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia · 4.0 m
- 2016Solomon Islands · 0.4 m1 deaths
- 2010Vanuatu Islands, Vanuatu · 4.1 m
- 1995Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia · 8.0 m
Tropical Cyclones
- 1998Cyclone YaliCat. 2
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002