July 30, 1649 Tsunami: Tokaido, Japan
A tsunami of unknown cause began at Tokaido, Japan on July 30, 1649.
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 30, 1649
- Source
- Tokaido, Japan
- Cause
- Unknown
- Earthquake
- The 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 30, 1649. There was a strong earthquake in Tokyo and Saitama Prefectures, and also at Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture. It caused damage and destruction; several people were killed. The epicenter was on land and closer to Tokyo (Edo) than to Nikko, presumably within 40 km north of Tokyo, The parameters of the earthquake are: 36.1 N., 139.7 E.; M=7.1 (Anon. (J), 1899 a,b; Omori, 1913; Iida et al., 1967). Sieberg's catalogue (1932), probably mistakenly, indicates-that there was a tsunami (Iida et al., 1967). (reference #414)
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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 267.