State
Vargas state
Venezuela · South America
Vargas state is a state of Venezuela, in South America. It lies on the South American Plate. Records include 1 tsunami 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.
- LandslideHigh
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- TsunamiMedium
- Water ScarcityMedium
- Urban FloodLow
- Extreme HeatLow
- River FloodVery Low
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 1967Caracas, Venezuela · 0.1 m300 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002