July 29, 1879 Tsunami: Adriatic Sea, Croatia
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Adriatic Sea, Croatia on July 29, 1879.
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
- July 29, 1879
- Source
- Adriatic Sea, Croatia
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 3
- 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.
1879 [typo, should be 1870], July 29. Adriatic Sea, Island of Vis. Tsunami intensity iii. (reference #2426)
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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 1014.