Tsunamis in 1879
Every tsunami NOAA records in 1879.
1879 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
- 1879, Off Coast Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
- February 4, 1879, Stromboli Island, Italy
- April 27, 1879, Greymouth, New Zealand
- May 15, 1879, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- July 11, 1879, Gulf of Suez, Egypt
- July 29, 1879, Adriatic Sea, Croatia
- August 8, 1879, Central Chile
- August 10, 1879, S. California, 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.