April 16, 1710 Tsunami: Hunan Province, China
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake began at Hunan Province, China on April 16, 1710. The water rose as high as 2 meters. Its effects were recorded at 1 place.
Where the waves reached
The source (white) and every runup with a place, colored by the water height recorded there. A ring is a runup NCEI marks doubtful.
- 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 16, 1710
- Source
- Hunan Province, China
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 5.5
- Maximum water height
- 2 m (6.6 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 1
- Waters
- A lake or river, not the ocean
- How certain
- Very doubtful tsunami
- Source location
- 27.800° N, 111.600° 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.
April 7, 1710, Xinhua, Hunan Province, 27.8 N, 111.3 E, magnitude 5.5
Water in rivers and ponds surged 1-2 m high.
(above from reference #3939)
Note: Possibly a seiche, particularly in ponds
Every runup
Nearest the source first. Heights are above sea level at the time; a tide gauge reads half the wave’s full height.
| Where | Country | Km from source | Water height, m | Inland, m | Measured by | First wave, UTC | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xinhua, Hunan Province | China | 6 | 2 | Eyewitness observation of water height |
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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 3576.