Tsunamis in 1872
Every tsunami NOAA records in 1872.
1872 on the map
At the source, colored by the highest water recorded.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
Every event
- 1872, Iceland
- 1872, Bonin Islands [chichijima Island], Japan
- January 10, 1872, S. Peru
- January 13, 1872, Hawaii, United States
- January 22, 1872, Hawaii, United States
- January 26, 1872, Philippines
- March 14, 1872, SW. Honshu Island, Japan
- March 26, 1872, S. California, United States
- April 3, 1872, Samandag (Suaidiya), Turkey
- June 13, 1872, Lake Ontario, United States
- August 23, 1872, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AK, United States
- August 27, 1872, Hawaii, United States
- September 16, 1872, San Francisco, N. California, United States
- November 17, 1872, Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States
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.