Tsunamis of the 1700s

252 events

Every tsunami NOAA records from 1700 to 1799.

The 1700s 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

By year

Every event

Oldest first.

1700, Southwest Scotland, United Kingdom2 runups
January 27, 1700, Cascadia Subduction Zone, United StatesM9 · Deaths: few · 7 runups
April 1, 1700, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan1,001 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 1 runup
April 16, 1700, Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan6 m · M7 · 1,000 deaths · 1 runup
September 12, 1700, Yellow Sea, South KoreaM6.5 · 4 runups
February 2, 1703, Latium, ItalyM6.7 · 10,000 deaths
July 2, 1703, Liguria-Cote D'Azur, ItalyM3.2 · 1 runup
December 30, 1703, Off SW Boso Peninsula, Japan11.7 m · M8.2 · 5,233 deaths · 20,162 houses destroyed · 48 runups
1704, Taiji, Kii, Japan2 m · 30 houses destroyed · 2 runups
January 1704, Suruga, Japan2 m · 1 runup
November 26, 1705, Northern Chile8 m · 1 runup
May 5, 1706, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain1 runup
May 1707, Island of Thira, GreeceVolcano
July 20, 1707, Bay of Naples, Italy1 runup
October 28, 1707, Nankaido, Japan25.7 m · M8.4 · 5,000 deaths · 77,000 houses destroyed · 31 runups
October 28, 1707, Enshunada, Japan11 m · M8.4 · 2,000 deaths · 10,000 houses destroyed · 2 runups
February 13, 1708, Tokaido, JapanM7 · 4 runups
November 28, 1708, Banda Sea, Indonesia2 runups
March 6, 1710, Banda Sea, Indonesia1 runup
April 16, 1710, Hunan Province, China2 m · M5.5 · 1 runup
September 5, 1711, Banda Sea, Indonesia1.2 m · M7 · 2 deaths · 2 houses destroyed · 5 runups
December 20, 1711, Seionaikai, Japan2 m · M6.7 · 1,000 deaths · 1,713 houses destroyed · 1 runup
June 30, 1714, Campania, Italy1 runup
August 4, 1714, Ava (Innwa), Myanmar1 runup
August 23, 1715, PeruM7.5 · Deaths: few
December 29, 1715, Seikaido, JapanM6.6 · 1 runup
1716, Oshima Island, Japan1 runup
September 24, 1716, Taal, Luzon Island, PhilippinesDeaths: few · 1 runup
September 29, 1717, GuatemalaM7.4 · Deaths: some · 3,000 houses destroyed · 1 runup
October 5, 1718, Tokaido, Japan1 runup
1719, Bay of Naples, ItalyVolcano
1721, Tainan, Taiwan2,000 deaths · 1 runup
March 24, 1721, Balearic Islands, Spain1 runup
September 24, 1722, Ise Bay, Japan1 runup
October 1722, Djakarta (Jakarta), Java, Indonesia1 runup
December 27, 1722, Tavira, Algarve, PortugalDeaths: many · 27 houses destroyed
February 18, 1723, Ionian Sea, GreeceM6 · Deaths: many · 1 runup
March 28, 1723, Bay of Naples, Italy1 runup
1724, Central PeruEarthquake
March 27, 1725, S. Peru2 m · 1 runup
June 4, 1725, Bone (Annaba), Algeria1 runup
June 29, 1725, Marseilles, France1.5 m · 2 runups
1726, Peninsula DE Araya, Venezuela2 runups
April 1, 1726, Katsuyama, JapanM6.6 · Deaths: many · 1 runup
September 1, 1726, Northern Sicily, ItalyM5.8 · 250 deaths · 1,614 houses destroyed · 1 runup
July 4, 1727, Sicily Channel, ItalyM5.2 · 1 runup
March 23, 1730, Torre Annunziata, Italy1 runup
July 8, 1730, Central Chile8 m · M9.1 · 5 deaths · 16 runups
November 10, 1730, Kashima, JapanM7.6
January 8, 1731, Western Norway17 deaths
February 10, 1731, Southwest Iberian, Morocco1 runup
March 20, 1731, Tyrrhenian Sea, ItalyM6.3 · 3,600 deaths · 3 runups
October 7, 1731, Sanriku, JapanM6.6 · 1 runup
1732, Hachijo Island, Japan2 m · 2 runups
February 25, 1732, S. Mexico3 m · 1 runup
November 1732, Island of Kerkyra (Corfu), Greece1 runup
December 4, 1732, Kujukuri Beach, Japan2 m · M6.5 · 1 runup
December 27, 1735, E. Luzon Island, PhilippinesDeaths: many · 1 runup
October 11, 1737, Calcutta, India300,000 deaths · 1 runup
October 16, 1737, Kamchatka, Russia15.24 m · 100 deaths · 7 runups
November 1737, Bilbao, SpainUnknown
December 17, 1737, Kamchatka, RussiaM7.5
December 24, 1737, Southern ChileM8 · Deaths: some
July 19, 1738, Milos Island, Aegean Islands, GreeceM6.5 · 1 runup
January 31, 1741, Island of Rhodes, GreeceM7.3 · 1 runup
August 29, 1741, W. Hokkaido Island, Japan90 m · M6.9 · 2,000 deaths · 871 houses destroyed · 64 runups
January 16, 1742, Livorno, Italy1 runup
February 21, 1742, Corinth Gulf, GreeceUnknown
February 25, 1742, Gulf of Corinth, GreeceM6.6 · 120 deaths · 1 runup
March 23, 1742, Central ChileEarthquake
November 18, 1742, N. Kuril Islands, RussiaM7
November 19, 1742, Tuscany Coast, Italy1 runup
February 20, 1743, Ionian and Adriatic Seas, ItalyM7.1 · 1 runup
March 14, 1743, Antalya, Turkey1 runup
1744, N. Luzon Island, Philippines1 runup
June 21, 1746, Matina, Costa Rica1 runup
October 29, 1746, Central Peru24 m · M8 · 5,941 deaths · 12 runups
December 26, 1746, PortugalUnknown
1747, Southeastern Luzon Island, Philippines1 runup
March 1747, Izu Peninsula, Hachijo Island, Japan2 runups
May 14, 1748, Corinthos-Patras Gulf, GreeceM6.8 · Deaths: many · 1 runup
July 2, 1749, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom1 runup
August 12, 1749, Taal, Luzon Island, PhilippinesDeaths: few · 1 runup
1750, Cumana, Venezuela1 runup
1750, Myanmar (Burma) CoastEarthquake
February 17, 1750, Southwest Scotland, United Kingdom2 runups
October 1750, Maritza River, BulgariaEarthquake
December 17, 1750, Rijeka, CroatiaDeaths: many · 1 runup
May 20, 1751, NW. Honshu Island, JapanM6.6 · 2,100 deaths · 9,100 houses destroyed · 1 runup
May 25, 1751, Central Chile3.5 m · M8.5 · 65 deaths · 7 runups
July 1751, Azores, PortugalEarthquake
July 24, 1751, Miyagi, Japan2 runups
September 15, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, HaitiM7.3
October 18, 1751, Azua DE Compostela, Dominican RepublicM7.3 · 3 runups
November 20, 1751, Lesser Antilles, BarbadosQuestionable earthquake
November 21, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, HaitiEarthquake
November 21, 1751, Ligurian Sea, Italy1 runup
April 28, 1752, PortugalEarthquake
July 21, 1752, Latakia, SyriaM7 · 20,000 deaths · 1 runup
April 1754, E. China Sea, TaiwanM6 · 1 runup
August 18, 1754, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM6.5 · 4 deaths · 3 runups
September 1, 1754, S. Mexico4 m · 1 runup
September 2, 1754, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,000 deaths
September 7, 1754, Banda Sea, Indonesia1 runup
September 16, 1754, Marmara Sea, TurkeyQuestionable earthquake
November 15, 1754, Taal, Luzon Island, Philippines12 deaths · 1 runup
October 4, 1755, Lake Ontario, United States1.52 m · 1 runup
November 1, 1755, Lisbon, Portugal18.3 m · M8.5 · 50,000 deaths · 128 runups
November 2, 1755, SW PortugalEarthquake
November 5, 1755, River Tees, England, United Kingdom0.9 m · 1 runup
November 16, 1755, Coruna, Spain1 runup
November 18, 1755, East of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, United StatesM6 · 2 runups
December 21, 1755, SW Portugal300 deaths
January 31, 1756, Baleares, SpainUnknown
February 1756, Western Norway38 m · 32 deaths · 168 houses destroyed
February 27, 1756, Ilfracombe, England, United Kingdom1.8 m · 1 runup
March 29, 1756, Lisbon, PortugalEarthquake
October 22, 1756, Gargano Peninsula, ItalyM7 · 1 runup
July 9, 1757, Azores, Portugal1,053 deaths · 5 runups
July 15, 1757, Scilly Islands, England, United Kingdom1 runup
August 24, 1757, Jakarta, Indonesia0.5 m · M7.5 · 1 runup
May 1758, North Evoikos Gulf, GreeceUnknown
May 31, 1759, Dorset, England, United Kingdom1 runup
October 30, 1759, Akko, Israel8 m · M6.6 · 2,000 deaths · 2 runups
November 25, 1759, Israel and Lebanon CoastsM7.4 · 30,000 deaths
January 21, 1760, Germany & Denmark1 runup
June 16, 1760, Bay of Naples, Italy1 runup
March 31, 1761, SW Portugal2.4 m · M8.5 · 25 deaths · 22 runups
July 28, 1761, Mount'S Bay, England, United KingdomMeteorological
August 14, 1761, Guernsey, English Channel, United KingdomEarthquake
April 2, 1762, Northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh1.83 m · Deaths: many · 4 runups
May 26, 1762, Bergen, NorwayUnknown
September 27, 1762, The Thames, England, United Kingdom3 m · 1 runup
October 31, 1762, NW. Honshu Island, JapanM6.6 · Deaths: some · 26 houses destroyed · 1 runup
January 29, 1763, Sanriku, Japan5 m · M7.4 · 2 houses destroyed · 4 runups
March 11, 1763, N. Sanriku, JapanM7.8 · 1 runup
March 15, 1763, Sanriku, Hachionhe, JapanM7.1 · Deaths: many · 1 runup
September 12, 1763, Banda Sea, Indonesia9 m · 7 deaths · 3 runups
September 18, 1763, Weymouth, England, United Kingdom3 m · 1 runup
February 11, 1764, Bristol, England, United KingdomUnknown
December 26, 1764, Lisbon, PortugalEarthquake
1765, Central Chile1 runup
March 1, 1765, Gulf of Gascony (Bay of Biscay), FranceUnknown
April 1765, DominicaEarthquake
May 1765, South China Sea9 m · 10,000 deaths · 4,000 houses destroyed · 1 runup
July 23, 1765, Sweden1.2 m · 1 runup
January 30, 1766, Gibraltar, UK Territories60 deaths
March 8, 1766, Sanriku, JapanM6.9 · 1,700 deaths · 8,200 houses destroyed · 3 runups
May 22, 1766, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM6.5 · 4,000 deaths · 2 runups
June 12, 1766, Santiago DE CubaM6.8 · 40 deaths · 1 runup
August 1766, Martinique, St. Kitts & NevisEarthquake
October 1766, Goree Island, Dakar, Senegal1 runup
October 21, 1766, Cumana, VenezuelaM7.5 · 1 runup
1767, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories1 runup
April 24, 1767, Martinique & Barbados2 runups
September 5, 1767, Ireland1.5 m · 2 runups
November 22, 1767, South China Sea1 runup
November 28, 1767, London, England, United KingdomUnknown
June 22, 1768, Cape Saint George, New Ireland, Papua New GuineaM7.5 · 1 runup
July 22, 1768, Ryukyu Islands, Japan1.2 m · M6.5 · 9 houses destroyed · 1 runup
1769, Corinth Gulf, GreeceM6.5
June 3, 1769, Port-Au-Prince, HaitiQuestionable earthquake
August 29, 1769, SW. Kyushu Island, Japan2.5 m · M7.4 · 5 runups
1770, SW. Sumatra, IndonesiaM7 · 1 runup
January 11, 1770, Friesland, NetherlandsUnknown
June 3, 1770, Port-Au-Prince, HaitiM7.5 · 200 deaths · 4 runups
December 1770, W. Luzon Island, Philippines1 runup
April 24, 1771, Ryukyu Islands, Japan85.4 m · M7.4 · 13,486 deaths · 3,237 houses destroyed · 34 runups
November 9, 1771, N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesia1 death · 1 runup
April 5, 1772, PortugalEarthquake
November 24, 1772, Aegean Sea, TurkeyEarthquake
1773, Kalimantan Island, IndonesiaVolcano
May 6, 1773, Tangiers, Morocco9 m · 3 runups
June 3, 1773, Guatemala-Nicaragua600 deaths · 2 runups
July 24, 1774, Livorno, Italy1 runup
September 1774, Newfoundland, Canada300 deaths · 1 runup
September 24, 1774, Mediterranean Sea0.6 m · 2 runups
February 11, 1775, Santiago DE Cuba2 runups
March 1775, Unknown Location, Haiti1 runup
April 18, 1775, Ambon Island, Indonesia1 runup
October 1775, Awa, Boso, JapanDeaths: many · 3 runups
October 22, 1775, Island of Corsica, France1 runup
December 18, 1775, Haiti & Dominican Republic2 runups
November 14, 1777, Sundval, SwedenEarthquake
March 4, 1778, Baltic SeaUnknown
June 16, 1778, Aegean Sea, GreeceEarthquake
July 1778, Higo, Japan1 runup
March 1, 1779, Baltic Sea, Poland2 runups
June 18, 1780, S. Kuril Islands, Russia12 deaths
June 29, 1780, S. Kuril Islands, Russia12 m · M7.5 · 12 deaths · 6 runups
September 9, 1780, SW. Kyushu Island, Japan6 m · 2 runups
September 21, 1780, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro1.7 m · 1 runup
October 3, 1780, Savanna LA Mar, Jamaica3 m · 10 deaths · 1 runup
October 31, 1780, SW. Kyushu Island, Japan1 runup
April 1781, Kaohsiung, Taiwan30 m · 1 death · 1 runup
April 11, 1781, SW. Kyushu Island, Japan38 deaths · 1 runup
August 1, 1781, Unknown Location, Jamaica1 runup
October 2, 1781, Jamaica3 m · Deaths: few
May 22, 1782, Taiwan Strait10 m · M7 · 40,000 deaths · 2 runups
August 22, 1782, Odawara, Sagami Bay, JapanM7.3 · Deaths: many · 1,000 houses destroyed · 3 runups
February 5, 1783, Tyrrhenian Calabria, ItalyM6.9 · 30,000 deaths · 11 runups
February 5, 1783, Tyrrhenian Calabria, Italy4 runups
February 6, 1783, Messina Straits, Italy16 m · M5.9 · 1,500 deaths · 10 runups
February 7, 1783, Tyrrhenian Calabria, ItalyM6.6 · 1 runup
March 1, 1783, Tyrrhenian Calabria, ItalyM5.9 · 1 runup
March 24, 1783, Messina Straits, Italy1 death · 1 runup
March 28, 1783, Tyrrhenian Calabria, ItalyM6.9 · Deaths: many · 1 runup
January 7, 1784, Ionian Calabria, ItalyM4.1 · 1 runup
January 9, 1784, Tyrrhenian Calabria, ItalyEarthquake
January 19, 1784, Messina Straits, ItalyM4.1 · 4 runups
March 28, 1784, S. Mexico3 m · Deaths: few · 1 runup
May 13, 1784, S. PeruM8 · 383 deaths · 2 runups
1787, Azores, PortugalQuestionable earthquake
March 28, 1787, San Marcos, Mexico4 m · M8.6 · 11 deaths · 6 runups
April 3, 1787, San Marcos, Mexico4 m · M7.3 · 3 runups
October 27, 1787, Montego Bay, Jamaica1 runup
July 8, 1788, Irish SeaEarthquake
July 21, 1788, Alaska Peninsula, AK, United States30 m · M8 · Deaths: many · 4 runups
August 6, 1788, Shumagin Islands, AK, United States88 m · M8 · Deaths: many · 3 runups
1789, Sanriku, Japan1 runup
May 9, 1789, Cananeia, BrazilM3.7 · 1 runup
September 11, 1790, E. Aleutian Islands, AK, United States1 runup
October 9, 1790, Oran, Algeria1.8 m · 3,000 deaths · 3 runups
April 15, 1791, Kamchatka, RussiaM6.8 · 1 runup
May 13, 1791, Ryukyu Islands, Japan11 m · 4 runups
September 13, 1791, Oasaka Bay, JapanM6.5 · Deaths: some · 1 runup
November 2, 1791, Ionian Sea, GreeceM7 · 50 deaths · 1 runup
1792, Kodiak Island, AK, United States1 runup
January 23, 1792, Azores, Portugal1 runup
May 21, 1792, North Sea, Netherlands1 runup
May 21, 1792, Shimabara Bay, Kyushu Island, Japan55 m · M6.4 · 15,000 deaths · 6,200 houses destroyed · 43 runups
June 13, 1792, W. Hokkaido Island, JapanM6.9 · Deaths: some · 6 runups
August 9, 1792, Tainan, Taiwan10 m · M6 · 252 deaths · 14,889 houses destroyed · 1 runup
August 22, 1792, Kamchatka, RussiaM8.4
August 29, 1792, Tokaido, Japan1 runup
February 8, 1793, W. off Aomori, Japan1.8 m · M6.9 · 12 deaths · 164 houses destroyed · 5 runups
February 17, 1793, Sanriku, Japan4.5 m · M8.3 · 745 deaths · 1,160 houses destroyed · 8 runups
July 17, 1793, Plymouth, England, United KingdomUnknown
June 11, 1794, Corinth Gulf, GreeceM5.5
1795, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1 runup
May 29, 1796, Bogoslof Island, AK, United States2 runups
November 5, 1796, Luzon Island, PhilippinesEarthquake
February 4, 1797, Peru-EcuadorM8.3
February 10, 1797, SW. Sumatra, IndonesiaM8 · 300 deaths · 2 runups
August 18, 1797, Dorset, England, United KingdomMeteorological
November 21, 1797, SW. Kyushu Island, JapanVolcano
February 22, 1798, Matina, Costa Rica1 runup
December 17, 1798, Aigeus-Mortes, France1 runup
1799, SE. Sumatra, Indonesia15 m
1799, N. PeruEarthquake
January 7, 1799, Basinder, IcelandMeteorological
June 29, 1799, SW. Honshu Island, JapanM6.4 · Deaths: many · 2 runups

By year

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.