January 19, 1609 Tsunami: England, United Kingdom
A tsunami of unknown cause began at England, United Kingdom on January 19, 1609.
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
- January 19, 1609
- Source
- England, United Kingdom
- Cause
- Unknown
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Very doubtful tsunami
- Source location
- 51.500° N, 0.466° 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.
Berninghausen (Reference #43) cites Mallet and Mallet (Reference #1879): "In the Thames. No shock mentioned. An extraordinary flux and reflux of the tide within the hour."
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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 224.