April 4, 171 Tsunami: Bohai Sea, China
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Bohai Sea, China on April 4, 171.
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
- April 4, 171
- Source
- Bohai Sea, China
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Very doubtful tsunami
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.
171 April 04, Bohai Sea. In February of the last of the 10 Heavenly Stems and the 4th of the 12 Earthly Branches, land shook and sea overflowed. (Emperor Ling history in the History of the Later Han Dynasty). (reference #12988)
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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 5797.