Province
Santa Elena
Ecuador · South America
Santa Elena is a province of Ecuador, in South America. It lies on the North Andes Plate. Records include 13 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.
- Urban FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- Coastal FloodMedium
- LandslideMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- River FloodLow
- WildfireLow
- CycloneVery Low
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2017South Mexico, Mexico · 2.7 m98 deaths
- 2016Off Coast, Ecuador · 0.6 m663 deaths
- 2013Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands · 11.0 m10 deaths
- 2012El Salvador-Nicaragua, El Salvador · 6.3 m
- 1992Nicaragua · 9.9 m170 deaths
- 1985Mexico · 3.0 m9,500 deaths
- 1965Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Ak, United States of America · 10.7 m
- 1964Prince William Sound, Ak, United States of America · 51.8 m139 deaths
- 1957Andreanof Islands, Ak, United States of America · 32.0 m2 deaths
- 1953North Peru, Peru · 1.0 m6 deaths
- 1952Se. Hokkaido Island, Japan · 6.5 m33 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002