May 19, 1864 Tsunami: Jacmel, Haiti
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Jacmel, Haiti on May 19, 1864.
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
- May 19, 1864
- Source
- Jacmel, Haiti
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- The earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Very doubtful tsunami
- Source location
- 18.200° N, 72.530° W
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million) with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
May 19, 1864, 18.1 N, 72.3 W, Jacmel, Haiti. An earthquake was felt at the port of Jacmel. Many houses were destroyed along the coast of Haiti. The shocks, felt heavily in the harbor by the vessel, George Prescot, may have produced a wave. (reference #1492)
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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 4742.