October 16, 1406 Tsunami: Shizuoka, Japan
A tsunami of meteorological origin began at Shizuoka, Japan on October 16, 1406.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- October 16, 1406
- Source
- Shizuoka, Japan
- Cause
- Meteorological
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 6.2
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 1
- Tsunami magnitude (Iida)
- 1
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Erroneous entry
- Source location
- 34.400° N, 138.400° E
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Possibly storm surge. Shrine and houses washed away at Arai, Hamana area. Some earthquake damage at Shimizu. (reference #150)
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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. NCEI tsunami event 129.