November 20, 1751 Tsunami: Lesser Antilles, Barbados
A tsunami probably caused by an earthquake began at Lesser Antilles, Barbados on November 20, 1751.
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
- November 20, 1751
- Source
- Lesser Antilles, Barbados
- Cause
- Questionable 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.
Reference #10284 list a tsunami event on 20 November 1751, induced by the earthquake (its parameters are unknown), with wave heights up to 7 m. Sources is listed as NOAA/NESDIS web site; however, this appears to be an error.
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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 5857.