Natural Hazards 2022

The shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

• Floods

• Hurricanes

A series of ocean waves caused by large-scale disturbances of the ocean.

• Earthquakes

• Hurricanes

• Tsunamis

• Floods

An overflow of water onto normally dry land.

• Hurricanes

• Floods

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

A storm system with winds greater than 74 mph. It is made up of a low pressure center and thunderstorms with strong winds and heavy rains.

• Hurricanes

• Floods

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

A violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the ground.

• Tornadoes

• Wildfires

• Hurricanes

• Avalanches

Uncontrolled fire in a wooded area.

• Tornadoes

• Wildfires

• Avalanches

• Volcanoes

A mass of snow, ice, and rocks rapidly moving down a mountainside.

• volcanoes

• wildfires

• tornadoes

• avalanches

Opening or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupts on the Earth's surface.

• avalanches

• tornadoes

• volcanoes

• wildfires

This is caused by the movement of lithospheric plates. About 80% of these occur on convergent boundaries. California and Alaska are prone to these.

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

• Volcanoes

• Hurricanes

This is caused when magma from within the earth's upper mantle works its way to the surface.

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

• Volcanoes

• Floods