Tsunamis of the 1500s
Every tsunami NOAA records from 1500 to 1599.
The 1500s 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.
- 1500, Hawaii, United States
- July 10, 1500, Tokaido, Japan
- April 5, 1504, Lisbon, Portugal
- May 29, 1508, Island of Crete, Greece
- June 17, 1509, South China Sea
- September 10, 1509, Marmara Sea, Turkey
- September 21, 1510, Osaka Bay, Japan
- October 10, 1510, Enshunada Sea, Japan
- March 26, 1511, North Adriatic, Italy
- October 1512, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
- 1513, Callao, Peru
- September 24, 1519, Chungchong Province, Yellow Sea, South Korea
- April 4, 1520, Kii, Kumananonada, Japan
- October 1521, Nankaido, Japan
- September 22, 1522, Alboran Sea, Spain
- October 22, 1522, Azores, Portugal
- 1524, Dabul (Dabhel), India
- September 1, 1530, Cumana, Venezuela
- January 1531, Jiangsu Province, China
- January 26, 1531, Tagus River, Lisbon, Portugal
- 1534, Palestine, Israel
- 1537, S. Mexico
- September 26, 1538, Pozzuoli, Italy
- November 24, 1539, Cabo DE Higueras, Honduras
- 1540, Cook Inlet, AK, United States
- 1541, Sao Vicente, Brazil
- December 25, 1541, Cubagua Island, Venezuela
- October 31, 1542, Rio San Juan, Uruguay
- December 10, 1542, Sicily, Italy
- September 1, 1543, Cumana, Venezuela
- February 7, 1545, Izu Peninsula, Japan
- January 14, 1546, Gaza - Jaffa, Israel
- 1550, N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesia
- October 21, 1556, Yellow Sea, South Korea
- July 25, 1562, W. Kyushu Island, Japan
- October 20, 1562, Reggio Di Calabria, Italy
- October 28, 1562, Southern Chile
- July 20, 1564, Liguria-Cote D'Azur, France
- 1570, Dodecanese, Greece
- February 8, 1570, Central Chile
- May 20, 1571, Takada, Japan
- November 1, 1571, Netherlands
- December 16, 1575, Southern Chile
- July 17, 1577, Marmara Sea, Turkey
- March 16, 1579, Cano Island, Costa Rica
- January 1580, Yellow Sea, North Korea
- April 6, 1580, Dover Straits, England, United Kingdom
- January 22, 1582, S. Peru
- March 11, 1584, Switzerland
- March 17, 1584, Peru
- June 11, 1585, Off Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- June 28, 1585, North Aegean Sea, Greece
- January 18, 1586, Ise Bay, Japan
- July 10, 1586, Central Peru
- July 9, 1587, Peru
- March 21, 1589, Suruga, Japan
- 1590, S. Peru
- July 26, 1591, Azores, Portugal
- 1594, Bay of Naples, Italy
- September 4, 1596, Beppu Bay, Kyushu, Japan
- June 18, 1597, Volga River, Russia
- September 10, 1597, Beppu Bay, Japan
- May 1598, South Black Sea, Turkey
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.