July 10, 1500 Tsunami: Tokaido, Japan
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Tokaido, Japan on July 10, 1500.
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
- July 10, 1500
- Source
- Tokaido, Japan
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Erroneous entry
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.
July 10, 1500. Japan-Tokaido, Totomi, Enshunada.Report by Milne cites Sekiya and omoro as source. However Sekiya and Omori (1904) list for this date only a strong inland quake in Yamanachi Prefecture. (reference #79)
July 10, 1500. Some sources (Milne, 1912 b; Heck, 1934, 1947) apparently erroneously refer to a tsunami in Japan. (reference #414)
July 10, 1500. Japan, Totomo. (reference #132)
July 10, 1500. Japan, (Totomi); sea waves, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed
towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
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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 148.