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Guam - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1987 and 2004.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1987 - 2004


Overview

No of events: 8
No of people killed: 6
Average killed per year: 0
No of people affected: 28,179
Average affected per year: 1,566
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 751,145
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 41,730


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 0.06
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.39
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 2002 11,100
Storm 1997 6,420
Storm 1992 5,542
Storm 2002 4,044
Storm 1987 502
Storm 2004 500
Earthquake* 1993 71
Storm 2004 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 2004 4
Storm 1992 1
Storm 2002 1
Storm 1987 0
Earthquake* 1993 0
Storm 1997 0
Storm 2002 0
Storm 2004 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1992 300,000
Storm 1997 200,000
Earthquake* 1993 120,000
Storm 2002 70,000
Storm 2002 60,000
Storm 2004 1,000
Storm 1987 145
Storm 2004 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.86
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 71.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 4,015.43
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 120,000.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 90,163.57
Wildfire: ...


Statistics By Disasters Type





*: Including tsunami


More information and data on: www.emdat.be/

Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Bel."
Data version: v11.08

Data displayed does not imply national endorsement