September 16, 1830 Tsunami: W. Luzon Island, Philippines
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at W. Luzon Island, Philippines on September 16, 1830. 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
- September 16, 1830
- Source
- W. Luzon Island, Philippines
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- The earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 1
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 1
- Waters
- A lake or river, not the ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 14.550° N, 120.900° 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.
Reference #414:
1830, September 16. There were several strong shocks at Manila during a colla or a typhoon. The river left its banks and some of the suburbs of the capital were flooded (Perrey, 1860 b; Maso, 1926; Repetti, 1946). validity P (possible = from available data, it is difficult to judge whether it was a tsunami or some other phenomenon, such as a seiche, a seaquake, wind tide, etc., which was observed))
Reference #12345:
Lists as validity 2 (questionable tsunami) with a meteorological source (accessed May 2024)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasig River, Manila Bay | Philippines | 11 | 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 676.