Tsunamis of the 1400s
Every tsunami NOAA records from 1400 to 1499.
The 1400s on the map
At the source, colored by the highest water recorded. A ring is an event NCEI rates doubtful or questionable.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
Every event
Oldest first.
- 1402, Syria
- June 1402, Gulf of Corinth, Greece
- November 16, 1403, Aegean Sea - Asia Minor, Greece
- December 1403, Kumanonada, Japan
- October 16, 1406, Shizuoka, Japan
- August 23, 1407, Haeju Coast, Yellow Sea, North Korea
- January 21, 1408, Kumanonada, Japan
- December 29, 1408, Antioch, Turkey
- May 25, 1419, Marmara Sea, Turkey
- September 6, 1420, Ibaraki, Japan
- November 7, 1433, Off Izu-Oshima, Japan
- August 6, 1434, Inchon, Chemulpo Bay, Yellow Sea, South Korea
- November 28, 1437, Aegean Sea, Greece
- September 19, 1448, Sado, Japan
- December 4, 1456, Bay of Naples, Italy
- May 3, 1481, Island of Rhodes, Greece
- October 3, 1481, Island of Rhodes, Greece
- 1489, South Coasts of Asia Minor, Turkey
- July 1, 1494, Island of Crete, Greece
- September 12, 1495, Kamakura, Sagami Bay, Tokaido, Japan
- September 17, 1497, Baltic Sea, Poland
- July 9, 1498, Enshunada, Japan
- August 2, 1498, Boca DE LA Sierpe, Venezuela
- September 20, 1498, Enshunada Sea, Japan
- September 20, 1498, Nankaido, Japan
By year
Other centuries
Sources
Tsunami events and runups from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.