July 12, 1673 Tsunami: Banda Sea, Indonesia
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Banda Sea, Indonesia on July 12, 1673.
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 12, 1673
- Source
- Banda Sea, Indonesia
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- The earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Erroneous entry
- Source location
- 3.000° S, 128.000° 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.
1673, July 12. There was a strong earthquake at Ambon; the ground cracked; avalanches buried the villages; there was a tsunami and many aftershocks. Perrey notes that there was a terrible hurricane on the morning of the same day and ships at open sea suffered damage. Wichmann (1918) reports strong shocks at Ambon on the 12th at 18:00, but makes no reference to a tsunami. The fact of a tsunami is dubious. (reference #414)
Possibly same as August 12, 1673, but location is different as well as date. (reference #79)
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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 311.