Tsunamis of the 1900s

1,184 events

Every tsunami NOAA records from 1900 to 1999.

The 1900s on the map

At the source, colored by the highest water recorded. A ring is an event NCEI rates doubtful or questionable.

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1 to 3 m
3 to 10 m
10 to 30 m
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Every event

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January 10, 1900, Galela, Halmahera Island, Indonesia1 runup
January 20, 1900, MexicoM7.3 · Deaths: some
May 16, 1900, MexicoM6.9 · Deaths: few · 2 runups
August 11, 1900, Lituya Bay, AK, United States5 deaths · 1 runup
September 10, 1900, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM6.8 · 3 runups
September 17, 1900, Rabaul Harbor, Papua New Guinea3 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
October 7, 1900, Bismarck Sea, IndonesiaM6.9 · 5 deaths · 1 house destroyed · 4 runups
October 29, 1900, Mancuto, Venezuela10 m · M7.7 · 25 deaths · 6 runups
March 3, 1901, Monterey Bay, N. California, United StatesM6.7 · 1 runup
March 31, 1901, Black Sea, Bulgaria3 m · M7.2 · 4 deaths · 1,200 houses destroyed · 1 runup
June 15, 1901, Iwate, JapanM6
June 24, 1901, Ryukyu Islands, Japan0.25 m · M7.5 · 4 runups
August 9, 1901, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia1.2 m · M7.9 · Deaths: few · 10 runups
August 9, 1901, Off Northeast Coast Honshu, Japan0.6 m · M7.2 · 3 runups
August 9, 1901, Off Northeast Coast Honshu, Japan0.25 m · M7.4 · 18 deaths · 8 houses destroyed · 2 runups
August 9, 1901, Off Northeast Coast Honshu, Japan0.02 m · M6.3 · 1 runup
September 10, 1901, E. Luzon Island, PhilippinesM7 · 1 runup
October 8, 1901, Nicaragua1.5 m · M7 · 1 runup
December 31, 1901, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AK, United StatesM7.1 · 1 runup
January 18, 1902, Ocosa, GuatemalaM6.3
February 26, 1902, El Salvador-Guatemala2 m · M7 · 185 deaths · 4 runups
April 11, 1902, Central Greece (Evoikos Gulf)M5.7 · 1 runup
April 19, 1902, Ocos, GuatemalaM7.5 · 2,000 deaths
May 5, 1902, Mount Pelee, Martinique5 m · 23 deaths · 1 runup
May 7, 1902, Soufriere Volcano, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1 m · 1,680 deaths · 6 runups
May 8, 1902, Mount Pelee, Martinique2 m · 28,000 deaths · 1 runup
May 16, 1902, Lakeba Island, Fiji1 runup
May 20, 1902, Mount Pelee, Martinique4 m · 20 houses destroyed · 5 runups
June 6, 1902, Fort-De-France, Martinique1 m · 1 runup
July 5, 1902, Aegean Sea, GreeceM6.5 · 5 deaths · 228 houses destroyed · 1 runup
July 10, 1902, Martinique0.6 m · 2 runups
August 16, 1902, Mexico1 runup
August 21, 1902, Illana Bay, Celebes Sea, PhilippinesM7.3 · Deaths: many · 1 runup
August 30, 1902, Mount Pelee, Martinique3 m · 1,500 deaths · 3 runups
September 19, 1902, Kangaroo Island, AustraliaM6
September 27, 1902, Ocos, GuatemalaQuestionable earthquake
December 31, 1902, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan1 runup
February 10, 1903, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories0.15 m · 1 runup
March 30, 1903, Banda Sea, Indonesia1 m · M6.5 · 2 runups
April 6, 1903, Southeast AustraliaM5 · 1 runup
May 13, 1903, Calabrian Arc, ItalyEarthquake
July 16, 1903, S. MexicoEarthquake
August 1903, Cook Inlet, AK, United States1 runup
September 7, 1903, Taiwan1 runup
September 26, 1903, Northern Chile1 runup
October 6, 1903, Hawaii, United States1 runup
October 8, 1903, Hawaii, United States1 runup
October 20, 1903, Blacklead Island, Cumberland Sound, Canada1 runup
November 17, 1903, Hawaii, United States1 runup
November 24, 1903, Hawaii, United States1 runup
November 29, 1903, Hawaii, United States15.7 m · 3 runups
December 7, 1903, Northern ChileM6.5 · Deaths: few · 1 runup
January 20, 1904, Off the Coast Panama-ColombiaM7.9 · 1 runup
February 2, 1904, Celebes Sea, Indonesia1 runup
March 30, 1904, Washington-Oregon, United States5 runups
June 25, 1904, Kamchatka Peninsula, RussiaM8.3 · 1 runup
June 25, 1904, Kamchatka Peninsula, RussiaM8.1
July 4, 1904, Banda Sea, Indonesia1 runup
August 8, 1904, Cape Turnagain, New Zealand3 m · M7.2
August 25, 1904, New ZealandQuestionable earthquake
September 7, 1904, S. Java, Indonesia1 runup
December 20, 1904, Bocas del Toro, PanamaM7.2 · 1 runup
December 30, 1904, Cook Is., Cook IslandsUnknown
1905, Balearic Sea, Tunisia1 runup
1905, Gold Coast, Togo1 runup
January 1905, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico1 runup
January 16, 1905, Loen, Norway40.5 m · 61 deaths · 4 runups
January 20, 1905, Aegean Sea, GreeceM6.3
January 20, 1905, Gulf of Nicoya, Costa RicaM6.8 · 1 runup
February 26, 1905, N. New Zealand1 death · 1 runup
March 17, 1905, Gulf St. Vincent, Australia1.2 m · 1 runup
March 19, 1905, Malo Pass, Vanuatu0.6 m · 1 runup
April 4, 1905, Kangra, IndiaM7.9 · 19,000 deaths · $25 million · 100,000 houses destroyed · 2 runups
July 4, 1905, Disenchantment Bay, AK, United States33.53 m · 4 runups
July 6, 1905, Off Fukushima, JapanM7 · 57 deaths · 1 runup
August 1905, Thompson River, Canada6 m · 15 deaths
August 4, 1905, Matavanu Volcano, SamoaVolcano
September 8, 1905, Tyrrhenian Calabria, Italy1.3 m · M7.1 · 557 deaths · 6,700 houses destroyed
October 4, 1905, Black Sea, Russia0.5 m · M5.1 · 1 runup
October 21, 1905, Caucasus, GeorgiaM7.5
November 8, 1905, North Aegean Sea, Greece3 m · M7.2 · 11 deaths · 1 runup
November 22, 1905, Port Vila, Vanuatu1 runup
November 24, 1905, Port Vila, Vanuatu1 runup
December 8, 1905, W. Luzon Island, PhilippinesM6.5 · 1 runup
1906, Maiquetia, Venezuela1 runup
January 31, 1906, Off Coast, Ecuador5 m · M8.8 · 1,000 deaths · 59 runups
January 31, 1906, Caracas, Venezuela6 runups
February 7, 1906, Colombia-Ecuador0.25 m · 1 runup
February 21, 1906, Buenaventura, ColombiaEarthquake
April 4, 1906, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy0.4 m · 350 deaths
April 18, 1906, N. California, United States0.1 m · M7.9 · 3 runups
April 19, 1906, Tasmania, Australia1 runup
May 7, 1906, Northern Chile2 runups
May 25, 1906, Off Coast, El Salvador1 runup
July 1, 1906, Marshall Islands1 runup
August 7, 1906, S. California, United States0.02 m · 1 runup
August 17, 1906, Central Chile3.5 m · M8.2 · 4,000 deaths · $100 million · 34 runups
September 14, 1906, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea1.5 m · M8 · Deaths: some · 7 runups
October 2, 1906, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea1.2 m · M7.2 · 2 runups
November 6, 1906, Washington-Oregon, United States1 runup
November 20, 1906, Gold Coast, GhanaM5 · 1 runup
November 28, 1906, Matavanu Volcano, Samoa1 runup
December 26, 1906, S. PeruM7.9
January 4, 1907, NW. Sumatra, Indonesia15 m · M8.2 · 2,188 deaths · 88 runups
January 14, 1907, Jamaica2.5 m · M6.2 · 1,000 deaths · $30 million · 12 runups
January 31, 1907, Bass Strait, AustraliaM6 · 1 runup
March 29, 1907, Karakelong, Talaud Islands, Indonesia4 m · M7.3 · 1 runup
April 14, 1907, S. Mexico2 m · M8.1 · 8 deaths · 3 runups
June 8, 1907, Matavanu Volcano, Samoa1 runup
June 19, 1907, Matavanu Volcano, Samoa1 runup
June 27, 1907, Matavanu Volcano, Samoa1 runup
July 1907, Tonga Islands1 runup
July 9, 1907, Matavanu Volcano, Samoa1 runup
July 25, 1907, Matavanu Volcano, Samoa1 runup
September 24, 1907, Skagway, AK, United States0.7 m · M5.5 · 1 runup
October 6, 1907, Matavanu Volcano, Samoa3.6 m · 2 runups
October 23, 1907, Ionian Calabria, ItalyM5.9 · 158 deaths · 2 runups
December 15, 1907, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.4 · 1 runup
February 6, 1908, SW. Sumatra, Indonesia1.4 m · M7.5 · 1 runup
February 14, 1908, Prince William Sound, AK, United StatesM6 · 1 runup
March 23, 1908, Timor Sea, IndonesiaM6.6 · 1 runup
April 6, 1908, Notre Dame DE LA Salette, Canada15 m · 33 deaths · 40 houses destroyed · 1 runup
May 31, 1908, Crimea, UkraineM6.5
September 11, 1908, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada3 runups
September 21, 1908, Hawaii, United States1.2 m · M6.8 · 2 runups
December 12, 1908, S. PeruQuestionable earthquake
December 28, 1908, Messina Strait, Ionian Sea, Italy13 m · M7 · 80,000 deaths · $116 million · 87 runups
March 7, 1909, Rarotonga, Cook Islands3 m · 3 runups
March 12, 1909, Off Boso Peninsula, JapanM6.7 · 1 runup
March 13, 1909, Off Boso Peninsula, JapanM7.5 · 1 runup
April 8, 1909, Black Sea, Russia4 m
June 3, 1909, Sumatra, IndonesiaM7.6 · Deaths: many · 4 runups
June 8, 1909, Northern ChileM7.6
July 8, 1909, Vanuatu Islands1 runup
July 30, 1909, S. Mexico9 m · M7.4 · 1 runup
August 14, 1909, Anegawa, Japan1.8 m · M6.9 · 41 deaths · 976 houses destroyed · 1 runup
September 20, 1909, Grand Isle, Louisiana, United States300 deaths · 1 runup
October 6, 1909, Utah, United States3.6 m · M6 · 1 runup
December 9, 1909, Guam, Mariana Islands, US TerritoriesM8 · 1 runup
February 25, 1910, Matupi Harbor, Papua New GuineaM6 · 1 runup
March 20, 1910, Lake Taupo, North Island, New Zealand1.5 m · 1 death
April 12, 1910, Northern Australia2.1 m · 1 runup
November 5, 1910, Nome, AK, United States2 runups
November 10, 1910, Vanuatu IslandsM7.2 · 1 runup
November 21, 1910, San Francisco, CA, United States0.3 m · 1 runup
December 16, 1910, SW England, United Kingdom9 m
December 18, 1910, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.7 · 1 runup
December 30, 1910, Sulu Sea, PhilippinesM6.2 · 1 runup
January 30, 1911, Taal, Luzon Island, Philippines3 m · 1,335 deaths · 543 houses destroyed · 2 runups
February 18, 1911, Ochrida Lake, AlbaniaM6.7
May 8, 1911, Blanche Bay, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea1 runup
May 11, 1911, Gold Coast, Togo5 m · M6.6 · 1 runup
June 7, 1911, MexicoM7.6 · Deaths: many
June 15, 1911, Ryukyu Islands, JapanM8 · 12 deaths · 422 houses destroyed · 2 runups
July 12, 1911, Philippine Trench, PhilippinesM7.8 · 4 runups
September 15, 1911, Northern ChileM7.3
September 22, 1911, Prince William Sound, AK, United StatesM6.9 · 1 runup
November 3, 1911, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago1 runup
December 31, 1911, Folkstone, England, United Kingdom0.9 m · 1 runup
January 24, 1912, Ionian Sea, GreeceM6.4 · 8 deaths · 1 runup
February 14, 1912, Northwest Australia0.9 m · 1 runup
April 13, 1912, Southern Shore, Lake Erie (Ohio), United States2 runups
June 8, 1912, Sanriku, Japan0.5 m · M6.6 · 1 runup
August 9, 1912, Marmara Sea, Turkey2.7 m · M7.2 · 2,800 deaths · 24,700 houses destroyed · 6 runups
October 31, 1912, Caroline Islands, MicronesiaM6.9 · 1 runup
December 6, 1912, Yap Islands, Caroline Islands, Micronesia1 runup
February 22, 1913, Tasman Sea, New Zealand1.5 m · M6.8 · 4 runups
March 14, 1913, Sangihe Island, IndonesiaM7.8 · 138 deaths · 1 runup
June 9, 1913, Longport, NJ, United States1 runup
July 28, 1913, S. PeruM7 · 1 runup
August 6, 1913, S. PeruM7.9 · Deaths: some
October 2, 1913, Off Coast, PanamaM6.7 · Deaths: few · 2 runups
October 11, 1913, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea0.1 m · M7 · 1 runup
December 11, 1913, Santa Barbara, S. California, United States4.5 m · 1 runup
January 12, 1914, Central Peru1 m · 2 runups
January 12, 1914, Seikaido, Japan3 m · M7.1 · 63 deaths · $19 million · 2,268 houses destroyed · 1 runup
January 15, 1914, Ligurian Sea, ItalyEarthquake
February 26, 1914, S. PeruM7.2 · 1 runup
March 14, 1914, IndonesiaUnknown
May 1914, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada4 runups
May 26, 1914, NW. Irian Jaya, Indonesia0.1 m · M8.1 · Deaths: many · 5 runups
June 25, 1914, IndonesiaM7.6 · 20 deaths · 1 runup
October 6, 1914, Tolaga Bay, North Island, New Zealand1 death
November 27, 1914, Ionian Sea, Greece3 m · M6.3 · 14 deaths · 1 runup
December 3, 1914, Ambon Island, IndonesiaUnknown
January 27, 1915, Ionian Sea, GreeceM6.5
February 11, 1915, Manua Islands, American Samoa, US Territories2.4 m · 3 deaths · 1 runup
May 23, 1915, Kaimana, Indonesia0.5 m · 1 runup
June 19, 1915, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, JapanVolcano
August 1915, Huon Gulf, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaEarthquake
August 7, 1915, Ionian Sea, Greece1.5 m · M6.7 · 2 runups
September 7, 1915, El SalvadorM7.7 · 7 deaths · 1 runup
November 1, 1915, Sanriku, Japan1 m · M7.8 · 3 runups
November 6, 1915, NW. Irian Jaya, IndonesiaM6 · 1 runup
November 18, 1915, W. Luzon Island, PhilippinesM6.4 · 1 runup
January 1, 1916, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.9 · 1 runup
January 31, 1916, Costa Rica-PanamaEarthquake
April 26, 1916, Bocas del Toro, Panama1.3 m · M7 · $25,000 · 6 runups
June 15, 1916, Dramsfjord, Norway1 m
July 3, 1916, Stromboli Island, Italy10 m · M5.1 · 3 runups
August 16, 1916, Central Adriatic, ItalyM6 · 4 deaths · 1 runup
August 29, 1916, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic43 deaths · 1 runup
November 12, 1916, Ocumare DE LA Costa DE Oro, Venezuela1 runup
January 1917, Linga Archipelago, IndonesiaUnknown
January 9, 1917, Celebes Sea, Indonesia1 runup
January 20, 1917, Bali Sea, Indonesia2 m · M6.6 · 1,500 deaths · 2 runups
January 25, 1917, South China SeaM6.5 · 2 runups
January 30, 1917, Kamchatka, RussiaM7.8
January 31, 1917, Celebes Sea, Philippines1.5 m · M6.4 · 7 deaths · 1 runup
March 16, 1917, Java Sea, Indonesia1.5 m · 2 runups
May 1, 1917, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand0.3 m · M8 · 6 runups
May 6, 1917, Taiwan0.5 m · M5.8 · 1 runup
June 6, 1917, East Australia1 runup
June 26, 1917, Samoa Islands12.2 m · M8.3 · 2 deaths · 17 runups
July 29, 1917, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea0.9 m · M7.5 · 1 runup
August 16, 1917, Taku Inlet, Juneau, AK, United States2.4 m · 1 death · 1 runup
August 23, 1917, Banda Sea, Indonesia1 runup
September 1, 1917, Maupihaa, French Polynesia1.9 m · 1 runup
November 16, 1917, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand2.5 m · M7.5 · 1 runup
December 6, 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada7 m · 2,000 deaths · 5 runups
1918, IcelandVolcano
February 13, 1918, Guangdong Province, ChinaM7.5 · 2,000 deaths · 1 runup
May 20, 1918, Northern ChileM7.9
July 18, 1918, Sulawesi, Indonesia0.08 m · 2 runups
August 14, 1918, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.5 · 1 runup
August 15, 1918, Celebes Sea, Philippines7.2 m · M8.3 · 52 deaths · 10 runups
September 7, 1918, S. Kuril Islands, Russia12 m · M8.2 · 23 deaths · 22 runups
October 11, 1918, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, US Territories6.1 m · M7.1 · 144 deaths · $4 million · 21 runups
October 25, 1918, Puerto Rico, US TerritoriesM6.4 · 2 runups
November 8, 1918, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.5 m · M7.8 · 8 runups
December 4, 1918, Northern Chile5 m · M7.8 · Deaths: few · 4 runups
January 1919, Hawaii, United StatesUnknown
January 1, 1919, Fiji Islands0.4 m · M7.8
January 1, 1919, Mindanao Island, Philippines0.44 m · M7.4 · 3 runups
February 13, 1919, Timor Sea, Indonesia1 runup
April 3, 1919, Sulawesi, Indonesia5 m
April 9, 1919, Hawaii, United States1 runup
April 29, 1919, Tonga IslandsEarthquake
April 30, 1919, Tonga Islands2.5 m · M8.1 · 9 runups
May 6, 1919, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM8.2 · 2 runups
May 22, 1919, Stromboli Island, Italy0.75 m · 4 deaths · 10 houses destroyed · 5 runups
June 29, 1919, Gulf of Fonseca, NicaraguaM6.7 · 2 runups
August 19, 1919, Lago DE Maracaibo, Venezuela1 runup
October 2, 1919, Alika, Hawaii, United States4.3 m · 3 runups
October 22, 1919, Tyrrhenian Sea, ItalyM5.6
November 21, 1919, NW. Irian Jaya, Indonesia1 runup
November 23, 1919, Baia DE Todos Os Santos, BrazilM4.2
December 12, 1919, Nicaragua1 runup
December 26, 1919, Crimea, UkraineEarthquake
January 29, 1920, N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesia2 m · 2 runups
February 2, 1920, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.7 · 1 runup
August 1920, Pago Pago, American Samoa, US Territories1 runup
August 20, 1920, Central Chile1.4 m · M7 · 1 runup
September 20, 1920, Vanuatu IslandsM8.1 · 2 runups
December 16, 1920, Gansu and Shanxi Provinces, China0.75 m · M8.3 · 235,502 deaths · $25 million · 4 runups
December 18, 1920, Albanian CoastsM6 · Deaths: many · 1 runup
May 14, 1921, Makassar Strait, Indonesia1 m · M6.2 · 1 runup
August 4, 1921, Xiaosi, Dandong, Liaoning, ChinaEarthquake
September 11, 1921, Java, Indonesia0.1 m · M7.5 · 3 runups
November 11, 1921, Philippine Trench, PhilippinesM7.5 · 4 runups
December 16, 1921, Hawaii, United States1 runup
January 6, 1922, S. PeruM7.2
January 19, 1922, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea1.8 m · M6.9 · 1 runup
February 22, 1922, Banda Sea, Indonesia1 runup
February 27, 1922, Cebu Island, Philippines0.7 m · M6.3 · 5 deaths · 3 runups
March 1, 1922, Sulu Sea, PhilippinesM6 · 1 runup
April 10, 1922, SW. Sumatra, Indonesia1 runup
May 2, 1922, Gulf of Mexico, United States0.64 m · 1 runup
July 8, 1922, Lhoknga, Aceh, Indonesia1 runup
August 8, 1922, Aegean Sea, GreeceM5.9
September 1, 1922, TaiwanM7.6 · 5 deaths · 139 houses destroyed · 1 runup
September 1, 1922, Negros Island, PhilippinesM6 · 1 runup
October 22, 1922, Tasman Sea, Australia1 runup
November 7, 1922, Northern ChileM7
November 11, 1922, Northern Chile5.5 m · M8.5 · 700 deaths · 42 runups
December 25, 1922, SE. New Zealand0.4 m · M6.3 · 3 runups
1923, Off Coast of Central VietnamM6.1 · 2 runups
January 22, 1923, N. California, United States0.1 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
February 3, 1923, Kamchatka, Russia8 m · M8.4 · 3 deaths · $1.5 million · 21 runups
February 17, 1923, Central Chile1.5 m · 1 runup
February 23, 1923, PhilippinesQuestionable earthquake
March 2, 1923, Mindanao Island, PhilippinesM7.2 · 1 runup
March 4, 1923, San Felix Island, Chile35 m · 1 runup
April 13, 1923, Kamchatka, Russia20 m · M7.2 · 18 deaths · 11 runups
May 4, 1923, Northern ChileM7
May 7, 1923, Northern ChileEarthquake
June 1, 1923, Kashima, Japan0.4 m · M7.3 · 1 runup
July 18, 1923, Butuan, Sulu Sea, PhilippinesM5.5 · 1 runup
August 1923, KoreaUnknown
August 6, 1923, Rockaway Beach, NY, United States2 deaths · 1 runup
August 12, 1923, Northern Chile1 runup
September 1, 1923, Sagami Bay, Japan13 m · M7.9 · 105,385 deaths · $600 million · 695,000 houses destroyed · 142 runups
September 2, 1923, Ryukyu Islands, Japan0.3 m · M7.7 · 6 runups
September 4, 1923, N. California, United States6.1 m · 1 death · 1 runup
November 2, 1923, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.1 · 2 runups
November 4, 1923, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM7.1 · 1 runup
December 5, 1923, North Aegean Sea, GreeceM6.4 · 1 runup
March 4, 1924, Costa RicaM6.7 · 1 runup
March 15, 1924, Tatar Strait, RussiaM6.8 · 1 runup
April 13, 1924, Tatar Strait, RussiaUnknown
April 14, 1924, E. Mindanao Island, PhilippinesM8.3 · 3 runups
April 16, 1924, Tatar Strait, RussiaUnknown
May 6, 1924, PhilippinesM6.5 · 1 runup
May 15, 1924, Gulf of Finland1.5 m · 1 runup
May 30, 1924, Hawaii, United States5 m · 3 runups
June 2, 1924, W. Luzon Island, PhilippinesQuestionable earthquake
June 26, 1924, Macquarie Island, AustraliaM7.8 · 1 runup
July 19, 1924, Chatham I., New Zealand1 runup
August 8, 1924, Coney Island, NY, United States4.6 m · 1 runup
August 28, 1924, Reykjavik, IcelandEarthquake
August 30, 1924, E. Mindanao Island, PhilippinesM7.3 · 2 runups
January 8, 1925, Banda Sea, Indonesia1 m · 1 runup
February 23, 1925, Gulf of Alaska, AK, United States1.4 m · M6 · 1 runup
May 4, 1925, Mexico1 runup
May 5, 1925, W. Luzon Island, PhilippinesM6.8 · 17 deaths · 1 runup
May 11, 1925, Calabrian Arc, ItalyMeteorological
May 15, 1925, Northern ChileM7.1
May 25, 1925, W. Luzon Island, PhilippinesM6.3 · 2 runups
October 4, 1925, California, United States0.34 m · 2 runups
November 13, 1925, Philippine Sea, PhilippinesM7.3 · Deaths: some · 2 runups
November 16, 1925, S. Mexico11 m · M7 · 1 runup
November 25, 1925, Sulu Sea, PhilippinesQuestionable earthquake
December 22, 1925, Caroline Islands, MicronesiaDeaths: many · 1 runup
1926, Tolaga Bay, North Island, New Zealand6.35 m · 1 runup
January 9, 1926, Bernard, ME, United States3 m · 3 runups
January 25, 1926, Solomon Sea, Solomon IslandsM7.5 · 1 runup
March 20, 1926, Hawaii, United States1.5 m · 1 runup
March 31, 1926, Cook Islands1 death · 1 runup
June 28, 1926, SW. Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.6 · Deaths: very many · 1 runup
July 1926, S. of Korea, South KoreaDeaths: many
July 30, 1926, English Channel, United KingdomEarthquake
August 17, 1926, Aeolian Islands, ItalyM5.3 · 2 runups
August 30, 1926, Argolikos Gulf, GreeceM7.2
August 31, 1926, Azores, Portugal0.3 m · M5.8 · 9 deaths · 1 runup
September 16, 1926, Solomon Islands2 m · M6.9 · 2 runups
December 9, 1926, Northern ChileM6 · 3 runups
December 18, 1926, Portugal1 runup
January 1, 1927, S. California, United StatesM5.7 · 1 death · $3 million · 1 runup
January 24, 1927, Western NorwayM5.5 · 2 runups
January 24, 1927, Vanuatu IslandsM7.1 · 2 runups
March 7, 1927, SW. Honshu Island, Japan11.3 m · M7.6 · 3,022 deaths · 15,594 houses destroyed · 17 runups
June 26, 1927, Crimea, Black Sea, Ukraine0.7 m · M6 · 12 runups
July 11, 1927, Dead Sea, Israel1 m · M6.3 · 268 deaths
August 5, 1927, Sanriku, Japan0.1 m · M6.9 · 5 runups
August 18, 1927, Kashima, Japan0.4 m · M6.4 · 2 runups
September 6, 1927, Mexico3 runups
September 11, 1927, Crimea, Black Sea, Ukraine1 m · M6.8 · 11 deaths · 11 runups
September 16, 1927, Crimea, Black Sea, UkraineM4.9
October 12, 1927, SE. Alaska, AK, United States1 runup
October 24, 1927, SE. Alaska, AK, United StatesM7.1 · 9 runups
November 4, 1927, S. California, United States1.8 m · M7.3 · 8 runups
November 21, 1927, Southern ChileM7.1 · 1 runup
December 1, 1927, Sulawesi, Indonesia15 m · M6.2 · 50 deaths · 2 runups
December 28, 1927, Kamchatka, Russia2 m · M7.5 · 2 runups
1928, Curling, Newfoundland, CanadaUnknown
February 9, 1928, British Columbia, CanadaM5.8 · 1 runup
March 22, 1928, MexicoM7.7 · 1 runup
March 26, 1928, Krakatau, Indonesia4 m
March 31, 1928, East Aegean, GreeceM6.5 · 170 deaths · 2,600 houses destroyed · 1 runup
March 31, 1928, Northern Chile1 runup
April 9, 1928, S. PeruM6.7 · 10 deaths · 1 runup
April 22, 1928, Corinthos-Patras Gulf, Greece0.6 m · M6 · 20 deaths · 3,000 houses destroyed · 7 runups
April 24, 1928, Aegean Sea, GreeceM5
April 25, 1928, Grecian Archipelago, Crete, GreeceM5.2
April 27, 1928, S. PeruM6.8
April 27, 1928, Aegean Sea, Greece0.6 m · 1 runup
May 2, 1928, North Aegean, GreeceM6.2
May 3, 1928, Western TurkeyM4.3 · 1 runup
May 18, 1928, Lifuka Island, Tonga1 runup
May 27, 1928, Sanriku, Japan0.45 m · M7 · 8 runups
May 30, 1928, Sapporo, JapanUnknown
June 15, 1928, Sulu Sea, PhilippinesM7 · 1 runup
June 17, 1928, S. Mexico0.2 m · M7.7 · 4 deaths · 10 runups
July 18, 1928, N. PeruM7
August 4, 1928, Flores Sea, Indonesia10 m · 226 deaths · 2 runups
September 13, 1928, Carupano, Venezuela1 runup
November 20, 1928, Northern ChileM7.1
December 1, 1928, Central Chile1.5 m · M7.6 · 279 deaths · 2 runups
December 19, 1928, Celebes Sea, PhilippinesM7.4 · 97 deaths · 2 runups
December 28, 1928, PhilippinesM6.9
January 17, 1929, Cumana, Venezuela6 m · M6.9 · 50 deaths · 5 runups
March 7, 1929, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AK, United States1 m · M7.8 · 7 runups
May 21, 1929, Hyuganada Sea, Japan0.7 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
May 26, 1929, British Columbia, Canada1.5 m · M7 · 3 runups
June 13, 1929, E. Mindanao Island, Philippines2 m · M7.2 · 4 runups
June 16, 1929, Tasman Sea, New Zealand2.5 m · M7.5 · 17 deaths · 2 runups
July 4, 1929, Grand Haven, Michigan, United States6 m · 10 deaths
July 20, 1929, South England, United Kingdom6 m · 2 deaths
August 9, 1929, Northern Chile7.5 m · 1 runup
August 12, 1929, Attica, New York, United States1 runup
November 9, 1929, Tjalang, N.W. Sumatra, Indonesia6 deaths · 1 runup
November 18, 1929, Grand Banks, Newfoundland, Canada13 m · M7.2 · 28 deaths · $1 million · 46 runups
January 3, 1930, Jiangsu Province, ChinaM5.5 · 1 runup
February 1930, Hawaii, United StatesUnknown
February 16, 1930, Off Southern Coast, Spain1 runup
March 4, 1930, Madeira Island, Portugal5 m · 19 deaths · 2 runups
March 17, 1930, Krakatau, Indonesia500 m
May 2, 1930, Mid-NorwayLandslide
May 5, 1930, Myanmar Coast1.06 m · M7.4 · 500 deaths · 1 runup
June 19, 1930, South of Java, Indonesia1.5 m · M6 · 1 runup
July 19, 1930, South of Java, Indonesia0.1 m · M6.5 · 1 runup
August 31, 1930, S. California, United States3.05 m · M5.2 · 1 death · 3 runups
September 11, 1930, Celebes Sea, Indonesia1 runup
September 11, 1930, Stromboli Island, Italy2.5 m · 6 deaths · 2 runups
September 30, 1930, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM6.6 · 1 runup
October 30, 1930, Central Adriatic, ItalyM6 · 18 deaths · 1 runup
November 5, 1930, Mombasa, Kenya6 m · 1 runup
December 23, 1930, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea12 m · M6.5 · 27 deaths · 104 houses destroyed · 29 runups
December 29, 1930, Northern Chile1 m · M6 · 1 runup
February 2, 1931, N. New Zealand15 m · M7.7 · 261 deaths · $25 million · 6 runups
February 13, 1931, N. New Zealand0.1 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
February 19, 1931, N. New Zealand1 runup
March 9, 1931, Sanriku, Japan0.4 m · M7.6 · 7 runups
March 18, 1931, Central ChileM7.1
June 7, 1931, Dogger Bank, England, United KingdomM6
July 12, 1931, PhilippinesM6.5
August 7, 1931, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM7 · 2 runups
August 19, 1931, Atlantic City, NJ, United States3 m · 4 deaths · 4 runups
August 31, 1931, Azores, Portugal2 runups
September 25, 1931, SW. Sumatra, Indonesia1 m · M7.4 · 1 runup
October 3, 1931, San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands9 m · M7.8 · 50 deaths · 13 runups
November 2, 1931, Seikaido, Japan0.8 m · M7.1 · 1 death · 14 houses destroyed · 9 runups
December 1, 1931, Northern Coast (Las Villas), Cuba1 m · 2 runups
February 3, 1932, Santiago DE CubaM6.7 · 14 deaths · 1 runup
March 19, 1932, Mindanao Island, PhilippinesM7.8
May 7, 1932, Calabrian Arc, ItalyMeteorological
May 14, 1932, North Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7.7 · 7 deaths · 938 houses destroyed · 1 runup
June 3, 1932, Central Mexico10 m · M8.1 · 400 deaths · 19 runups
June 18, 1932, Central Mexico1 m · M7.8 · 2 runups
June 22, 1932, Central Mexico10 m · M7.7 · 75 deaths · 400 houses destroyed · 10 runups
June 29, 1932, S. MexicoEarthquake
August 2, 1932, Aberavon, Wales, United Kingdom9 m · 4 deaths
September 9, 1932, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM6.2 · 73 houses destroyed · 2 runups
September 15, 1932, N. New ZealandM6.8 · 1 runup
September 26, 1932, North Aegean, Greece2 m · M6.9 · 161 deaths · 4,106 houses destroyed · 2 runups
November 4, 1932, Cumana, Venezuela1 runup
November 10, 1932, Willetts Point, New York, United States5.4 m · 1 runup
January 8, 1933, Kharimkotan, N. Kuril Islands, Russia9 m · M6 · 2 deaths · 2 runups
February 20, 1933, Mexico1.13 m · M4 · 2 runups
February 23, 1933, Northern ChileM7.6 · 1 runup
March 2, 1933, Sanriku, Japan29 m · M8.4 · 3,022 deaths · 6,000 houses destroyed · 294 runups
March 11, 1933, S. California, United States0.1 m · M6.3 · 120 deaths · $41 million · 2 runups
April 23, 1933, Cos, Dodecanese, Greece2 m · M6.4 · 181 deaths · 2 runups
May 8, 1933, MexicoM6.7 · 1 runup
May 9, 1933, Kuuli-Mayak, Turkmenistan1.35 m · 1 runup
May 19, 1933, Gold Coast, Togo1 runup
June 18, 1933, Sanriku, Japan0.2 m · M7.1 · 8 runups
October 2, 1933, EcuadorM6.9 · 1 runup
November 19, 1933, Vanuatu IslandsM6.4
December 12, 1933, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea3 runups
December 25, 1933, E. Samar Island, Philippines9 deaths · 1 runup
January 15, 1934, Bihar-Nepal, Ganges RiverM8 · 10,600 deaths
February 14, 1934, South China Sea, PhilippinesM7.9 · 1 runup
April 7, 1934, Tafjord, Norway62.3 m · 41 deaths · 12 runups
June 3, 1934, IcelandEarthquake
July 18, 1934, Costa Rica-Panama0.3 m · M7.7 · $50,000 · 3 runups
July 18, 1934, Solomon Islands0.65 m · M7.8 · 3 runups
July 21, 1934, Solomon IslandsM7.2 · 3 runups
August 21, 1934, S. California, United States12 m · $75,000 · 1 house destroyed · 9 runups
November 30, 1934, Mexico0.11 m · M7 · 1 runup
December 4, 1934, Northern ChileM6.9 · 1 runup
December 12, 1934, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea1 runup
January 4, 1935, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM6.4 · 5 deaths
May 30, 1935, Quetta, PakistanM7.5 · 60,000 deaths · $25 million
July 19, 1935, Japan0.2 m · M6.5 · 1 runup
August 22, 1935, Azores, PortugalMeteorological
September 20, 1935, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.8 · 1 runup
October 12, 1935, Sanriku, Japan0.3 m · M7.2 · 8 runups
October 18, 1935, Sanriku, Japan0.2 m · M7 · 2 runups
November 21, 1935, Hawaii, United States1 runup
November 25, 1935, Celebes Sea, IndonesiaM6.5
December 18, 1935, Sichuan Province, ChinaM6 · 100 deaths · 1 runup
December 28, 1935, SW. Sumatra, IndonesiaM7.9
1936, New Caledonia2.2 m · 2 runups
February 2, 1936, Goose Bay, South Island, New ZealandMeteorological
February 25, 1936, Nauru (Naoero), Ocean Isl1 runup
April 1, 1936, Sulawesi, Indonesia3 m · M7.7 · 169 houses destroyed · 2 runups
July 13, 1936, Northern Chile1 m · M7.3 · 1 death · 3 runups
August 23, 1936, Off Northwest Coast, IndonesiaM7.3 · 9 deaths
September 13, 1936, Loen, Norway74 m · 73 deaths · 5 runups
September 21, 1936, Lake Lovatnet, Norway40 m
October 27, 1936, Lituya Bay, AK, United States149.35 m · 2 houses destroyed · 1 runup
November 2, 1936, Sanriku, Japan0.7 m · M7.7 · 11 runups
November 11, 1936, Lake Lovatnet, Norway74 m
November 13, 1936, Kamchatka, Russia13 m · M7.3 · 1 runup
May 29, 1937, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea2.5 m · 507 deaths · 4 runups
August 20, 1937, W. Luzon Island, PhilippinesM7.5 · 1 death · 2 runups
September 21, 1937, Bering Sea, AK, United StatesM5.8
September 21, 1937, Kamchatka, RussiaM5.7
September 22, 1937, Kamchatka, RussiaM5.8
November 6, 1937, Banda Sea, Indonesia0.5 m · M6 · 1 runup
January 28, 1938, Nyamuragira, Congo1 runup
February 1, 1938, Banda Sea, Indonesia1 m · M8.6 · 24 houses destroyed · 5 runups
February 6, 1938, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia5 deaths · 2 runups
February 13, 1938, Banda Sea, Indonesia0.5 m · M6 · 1 runup
March 1938, Western NorwayLandslide
March 6, 1938, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea0.03 m · 1 runup
March 22, 1938, British Columbia, CanadaM6.3 · 1 runup
May 12, 1938, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.5 · 1 runup
May 19, 1938, Makassar Strait, Indonesia3 m · M7.7 · 17 deaths · 942 houses destroyed · 7 runups
May 23, 1938, Japan Trench0.83 m · M7.1 · 7 runups
May 28, 1938, E. Hokkaido Island, Japan0.9 m · M6.1 · 1 death · 7 houses destroyed · 2 runups
June 10, 1938, Ryukyu Islands, Japan1.5 m · M7.6 · 1 runup
July 13, 1938, Holland, Michigan, United States5 deaths
July 20, 1938, Central Greece (Euripus Strait)M6.1 · 1 runup
August 5, 1938, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom4.7 m
September 21, 1938, New Jersey Coast, United States$1.3 million · 1 runup
November 5, 1938, Sanriku, Japan0.57 m · M7.7 · 1 death · 20 houses destroyed · 17 runups
November 5, 1938, Sanriku, Japan0.56 m · M7.6 · 12 runups
November 6, 1938, Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan1.26 m · M7.5 · 15 runups
November 6, 1938, Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan1.25 m · M7.1 · 11 runups
November 9, 1938, Sanriku, JapanM6.5
November 10, 1938, Shumagin Islands, AK, United States0.3 m · M8.2 · 9 runups
November 13, 1938, Sanriku, Japan0.75 m · M6 · 7 runups
November 16, 1938, Sanriku, JapanM6.9
November 22, 1938, Sanriku, Japan0.3 m · M6.9 · 4 runups
November 30, 1938, Sanriku, Japan0.2 m · M7 · 9 runups
January 25, 1939, Central ChileM8.3 · 30,000 deaths · $920 million
January 27, 1939, Calabrian Arc, ItalyEarthquake
January 30, 1939, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.7 · 5 deaths · 3 runups
March 20, 1939, Seikaido, Japan0.8 m · M6.6 · 1 death · 1 house destroyed · 4 runups
April 18, 1939, Northern ChileM7.4
April 30, 1939, Solomon Islands10.5 m · M7.9 · 12 deaths · 8 runups
May 1, 1939, NW. Honshu Island, Japan1.2 m · M7 · 27 deaths · 479 houses destroyed · 25 runups
May 6, 1939, Tayabas Bay, Sulu Sea, PhilippinesM6.5 · 1 runup
May 8, 1939, Azores, Portugal0.2 m · M6.7 · 2 runups
June 22, 1939, Gold Coast, GhanaM6.4 · 22 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 2 runups
July 5, 1939, Dorset, England, United Kingdom1.9 m
July 24, 1939, Kick 'Em Jenny Volcano, Grenada2 m · 3 runups
August 15, 1939, Santa Clara, CubaM5.6 · 1 runup
December 21, 1939, N. Moluccas Islands, IndonesiaM8 · 2 runups
December 26, 1939, South Black Sea, Turkey0.5 m · M7.8 · 32,700 deaths · $20 million · 120,000 houses destroyed · 12 runups
January 15, 1940, Northern Sicily, ItalyM5.1 · 1 death · 1 runup
May 24, 1940, Central Peru2 m · M8.2 · 179 deaths · 5 runups
August 1, 1940, W. Hokkaido Island, Japan5 m · M7.5 · 10 deaths · 20 houses destroyed · 62 runups
August 31, 1940, Northern NorwayLandslide
October 4, 1940, Northern ChileM7.3
October 11, 1940, Southern ChileM7
January 13, 1941, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea0.15 m · M7.4 · 4 deaths · 1 house destroyed · 3 runups
January 20, 1941, Levantian Sea, CyprusM6 · 1 runup
February 9, 1941, Northern California, United StatesM6.6 · 3 runups
March 16, 1941, Calabrian Arc, ItalyEarthquake
April 15, 1941, MexicoM7.6 · 84 deaths · $2 million
June 26, 1941, Andaman Sea, E. Coast India1.5 m · M8 · Deaths: few · 2 runups
July 7, 1941, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain6 m · 2 runups
November 18, 1941, Seikaido, Japan1.2 m · M7.4 · 2 deaths · 27 houses destroyed · 11 runups
November 25, 1941, Azores Gibraltar Fracture Zone, Atlantic Ocean0.23 m · M7.8 · 15 runups
December 5, 1941, Costa Rica-Panama0.21 m · M7.6 · 6 deaths · 5 runups
December 6, 1941, Costa Rica-Panama0.12 m · M6.9 · 1 runup
May 1942, New Caledonia3 m · 2 runups
May 22, 1942, Colombia1 m · M5.8 · 1 runup
August 24, 1942, S. Peru2 m · M8.2 · 30 deaths · 3 runups
April 6, 1943, Central Chile1 m · M8.2 · 11 deaths · 12 runups
June 13, 1943, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan0.6 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
1944, Coney Island, NY, United States1 runup
April 9, 1944, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States9.14 m · 1 runup
August 20, 1944, Stromboli Island, Italy1 house destroyed · 2 runups
September 14, 1944, New Jersey Coast, United States1 runup
October 6, 1944, Edremit Gulf, Aegean Sea, TurkeyM6.7 · 30 deaths · 5,500 houses destroyed · 1 runup
December 7, 1944, Off Southeast Coast Kii Peninsula, Japan10 m · M8.1 · 1,223 deaths · 29,205 houses destroyed · 156 runups
January 12, 1945, Tokaido, Japan1 m · M7.1 · 2,306 deaths · 7,221 houses destroyed · 7 runups
February 10, 1945, Sanriku, Japan0.4 m · M7.3 · 2 deaths · 2 houses destroyed · 1 runup
November 27, 1945, Makran Coast, Pakistan17 m · M8 · 300 deaths · $25 million · 58 runups
April 1, 1946, Unimak Island, AK, United States42 m · M8.6 · 168 deaths · $26.3 million · 622 runups
June 23, 1946, British Columbia, Canada9 m · M7.3 · 1 death · 5 runups
August 2, 1946, Northern ChileM7.9 · 2 deaths
August 4, 1946, Northeastern Coast, Dominican Republic5 m · M7.9 · 1,790 deaths · 8 runups
August 8, 1946, Northeastern Coast, Dominican Republic0.6 m · M7.5 · 75 deaths · 13 runups
September 30, 1946, S. PeruM7
November 1, 1946, Andreanof Islands, AK, United StatesM7 · 1 runup
November 13, 1946, N. Kuril Islands, RussiaVolcano
December 20, 1946, S Coast, Honshu, Japan6.6 m · M8.3 · 1,362 deaths · 11,661 houses destroyed · 304 runups
January 1947, Hawaii, United StatesMeteorological
March 25, 1947, Off Coast of North Island, New Zealand10 m · M7.1 · 10 runups
May 17, 1947, Off Coast of North Island, New Zealand6 m · M6.9 · 5 runups
October 6, 1947, Peloponnesus, Greece1 m · M7.3 · 3 deaths · 7,800 houses destroyed · 1 runup
November 4, 1947, W. Hokkaido Island, Japan2 m · M7 · 4 runups
January 24, 1948, Sulu Sea, PhilippinesM7.8 · 74 deaths · $3.5 million · 5 runups
February 9, 1948, Dodecanese, Karpathos Is., Greece7.3 m · M7.3 · 573 houses destroyed · 12 runups
April 17, 1948, Tokaido, Japan0.6 m · M7.2 · 3 runups
April 22, 1948, Ionian Sea, Greece1 m · M6.5 · 7 deaths · 244 houses destroyed · 1 runup
May 23, 1948, Shandong Province, China3 m · M6 · 1 runup
June 1, 1948, Off Northwest Coast, IndonesiaM6.3 · 1 runup
September 8, 1948, Tonga Trench0.1 m · M7.8 · 7 runups
December 4, 1948, MexicoM6.6 · 4 deaths · 1 runup
December 26, 1948, Northern ChileM7 · 1 runup
January 27, 1949, Kamchatka, RussiaM5.9 · 1 runup
February 9, 1949, West Coast of GreeceEarthquake
April 13, 1949, Puget Sound, WA, United StatesM7 · 8 deaths · $25 million · 2 runups
April 16, 1949, Puget Sound, WA, United States2.4 m · 1 runup
April 20, 1949, Central ChileM7.3
May 9, 1949, Banda Aceh, IndonesiaM6.7
July 23, 1949, Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece2 m · M6.5 · 7 deaths · 534 houses destroyed · 4 runups
July 27, 1949, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States19.81 m · 1 runup
August 22, 1949, British Columbia, Canada0.61 m · M8.1 · 9 runups
September 5, 1949, Northern Luzon Island, Philippines0.1 m · M6.4 · 1 runup
September 27, 1949, Gulf of Alaska, AK, United StatesM6.7 · 1 runup
October 19, 1949, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea0.3 m · M7.5 · 5 runups
December 17, 1949, Southern ChileM7.8 · 3 deaths · 2 runups
December 17, 1949, Southern ChileM7.8 · 1 death
December 29, 1949, E. Luzon Island, PhilippinesM7.2 · 16 deaths · 2 runups
January 30, 1950, Southern ChileM7 · Deaths: few
March 14, 1950, N. New ZealandM5.8 · 1 runup
April 30, 1950, Off Coast, Panama1 runup
August 3, 1950, El Tocuyo, VenezuelaM6.4 · 100 deaths · 1 runup
August 15, 1950, India-China0.5 m · M8.6 · 1,530 deaths · $20 million · 41 runups
October 5, 1950, Costa Rica-Nicaragua2 m · M7.7 · 10 runups
October 8, 1950, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM7.6 · 1 death · 2 runups
October 8, 1950, Mid-NorwayLandslide
October 23, 1950, Guatemala0.2 m · M7.5 · 5 runups
November 8, 1950, Solomon Sea, Solomon Islands1.2 m · M7.3 · 2 runups
December 2, 1950, Vanuatu Islands2.5 m · M7.8 · 5 runups
December 10, 1950, S. Peru0.7 m · M7 · 4 deaths · 1 runup
December 14, 1950, S. Mexico0.3 m · M7.5 · 2 runups
February 22, 1951, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea6 m · M6.1 · 1 runup
February 23, 1951, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States3 m · $3,000 · 1 runup
August 3, 1951, Cosiguina Volcano, NicaraguaM6 · 1 runup
August 21, 1951, Hawaii, United States3.6 m · M6.9 · 7 runups
October 22, 1951, Taiwan0.3 m · M7.3 · 68 deaths · 2,382 houses destroyed · 3 runups
December 2, 1951, Puerto Rico, US Territories1 runup
December 2, 1951, BarbadosLandslide
December 21, 1951, Gansu and Shanxi Provinces, China2 m · M6.3 · 1 runup
December 22, 1951, Kavachi, Solomon IslandsVolcano
January 9, 1952, Mid-Norway2 m
March 4, 1952, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan6.54 m · M8.1 · 33 deaths · 2,422 houses destroyed · 219 runups
March 9, 1952, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan0.3 m · M7 · 113 houses destroyed · 4 runups
March 17, 1952, Hawaii, United States3 m · M4.5 · 2 runups
March 18, 1952, Mississippi River, United StatesUnknown
March 19, 1952, E. of Mindano, Philippines0.33 m · M7.8 · 5 runups
April 10, 1952, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States19.81 m · 1 runup
May 6, 1952, Lake Huron, MI, United States1.52 m · 3 runups
May 13, 1952, Costa Rica-Panama0.07 m · M6.4 · 2 runups
July 13, 1952, Off East Coast of VanuatuM6.8 · 2 runups
August 17, 1952, Desecheo Island, US Territories1 runup
September 16, 1952, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan0.28 m · 1 runup
September 17, 1952, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan1 runup
September 23, 1952, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan0.05 m · 1 runup
September 24, 1952, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan0.46 m · 31 deaths · 1 runup
September 26, 1952, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan0.36 m · 2 runups
October 13, 1952, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States1 runup
November 4, 1952, Kamchatka, Russia23 m · M9 · 10,000 deaths · $1 million · 332 runups
December 2, 1952, BarbadosLandslide
December 15, 1952, South Coast of Nuussuaq, Greenland2.5 m · 1 death · 2 runups
February 14, 1953, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States1 runup
February 15, 1953, Central Peru0.7 m · M5.5 · 1 runup
February 16, 1953, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States4.8 m · 1 runup
March 11, 1953, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan6 m · 2 runups
March 17, 1953, N. Kuril Islands, Russia3 m · M5.8 · 1 runup
March 25, 1953, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan0.05 m · 1 runup
April 23, 1953, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM7.4 · $13,000 · 2 runups
May 6, 1953, Central ChileM7.6 · 9 deaths · $500 million
May 31, 1953, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic0.06 m · M7.2 · 1 runup
June 27, 1953, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea1 runup
August 9, 1953, Ithaki Island, GreeceM6.3 · 2 runups
August 11, 1953, Ionian Sea, Greece1 m · M6.8 · 3 runups
August 12, 1953, Ionian Sea, GreeceM7.2 · 476 deaths · $100 million · 30,439 houses destroyed · 3 runups
August 19, 1953, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States1 runup
September 10, 1953, Levantian Sea, CyprusM6.3 · 40 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · 2 runups
September 14, 1953, Fiji Islands15 m · M6.4 · 8 deaths · 33 runups
November 4, 1953, Coral Sea, VanuatuM7.5 · 1 runup
November 14, 1953, Tasmania, Australia2.4 m · 1 death · 1 runup
November 25, 1953, Kashima, Japan3 m · M7.4 · 1 death · 33 runups
December 12, 1953, N. Peru1 m · M7.4 · 6 deaths · 200 houses destroyed · 2 runups
January 21, 1954, Mar del Plata, Argentina1 m · 1 runup
February 1954, Stromboli Island, Italy5 runups
February 11, 1954, Gansu and Shanxi Provinces, ChinaM7.3 · 1 runup
June 26, 1954, Michigan City, IN (Lake Michigan), United States3 m · 7 deaths · 5 runups
September 9, 1954, Sea of Alboran, Algeria0.33 m · M6.7 · 1,243 deaths · $6 million · 20,000 houses destroyed · 4 runups
October 1954, Aputiteq Point, Greenland18.28 m · 1 runup
November 18, 1954, Miyagi, JapanM6.1 · 3 runups
January 18, 1955, Off the Coast near LA Vela, VenezuelaM5.5 · 1 runup
March 31, 1955, Lake Lanao, PhilippinesM7.4 · 465 deaths · $5 million
April 19, 1955, Central Chile1 m · M7.1 · 1 death · 7 runups
April 19, 1955, Volos Gulf, GreeceM6.2 · 8 deaths · 459 houses destroyed · 1 runup
May 17, 1955, Little Nicobar Island, IndiaM7.3
July 16, 1955, East Aegean Sea, Greece2 m · M6.6 · 23 deaths · 2 runups
September 8, 1955, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM6.5 · 1 runup
September 23, 1955, Jinsha River, Yunnan Province, China1 m · M6.8
October 10, 1955, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.3 · 1 runup
January 8, 1956, Northern ChileM7.1 · Deaths: few
March 2, 1956, Lake Taupo, North Island, New Zealand0.9 m · M5.3
March 5, 1956, NE. Hokkaido Island, Japan0.4 m · M6.3 · 1 runup
March 30, 1956, Kamchatka, Russia0.3 m · 13 runups
July 9, 1956, Cyclades, Greece20 m · M7.7 · 56 deaths · 529 houses destroyed · 100 runups
July 9, 1956, Amorgos Island, Aegean Islands, Greece10 m · M6.8 · 1 runup
August 12, 1956, Izu Peninsula, JapanM6.5 · 1 runup
October 24, 1956, NicaraguaM7.1
November 2, 1956, North Aegean, Greece1.2 m · M5.6 · 1 runup
December 18, 1956, Northern ChileM7
March 9, 1957, Andreanof Islands, AK, United States32 m · M8.6 · 2 deaths · 334 runups
June 22, 1957, NW. Irian Jaya, Indonesia1.8 m · M7.3 · 2 runups
July 6, 1957, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom4.4 m
July 28, 1957, S. Mexico1.3 m · M7.9 · 65 deaths · $25 million · 3 runups
July 29, 1957, Northern ChileM7
September 26, 1957, South of Java, Indonesia0.7 m · M5.5
October 26, 1957, Makassar Strait, IndonesiaM6 · 1 runup
November 1957, Malaita Island, Solomon Islands2.7 m · 2 runups
November 1, 1957, Hawaii, United States0.1 m · 5 runups
January 19, 1958, Colombia-EcuadorM7.6 · 115 deaths · 3 runups
February 7, 1958, Sichuan Province, ChinaM6.2 · 1 runup
April 5, 1958, Ripple Rock, Bc, Canada0.46 m
April 9, 1958, PeruEarthquake
April 21, 1958, Bengkulu, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.5
July 10, 1958, SE. Alaska, AK, United States524.6 m · M7.8 · 5 deaths · $100,000 · 17 runups
September 17, 1958, N. Kuril Islands, Russia0.23 m · M5 · 1 runup
October 7, 1958, Kuwae Volcano, Vanuatu1 runup
November 4, 1958, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean0.1 m · M6.1 · 1 runup
November 6, 1958, S. Kuril Islands, Russia5 m · M8.3 · 61 runups
November 12, 1958, S. Kuril Islands, Russia1 m · M7 · 8 runups
January 22, 1959, Sanriku, Japan0.8 m · M6.8 · 9 runups
February 7, 1959, N. Peru0.4 m · M7.4 · 1 runup
February 23, 1959, Grecian Archipelago, Crete, Greece1 m · 4 runups
April 9, 1959, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.1 m · M5 · 1 runup
May 4, 1959, Kamchatka, Russia0.2 m · M8.2 · 7 runups
May 7, 1959, Northern Norway4 m · 9 deaths · 1 runup
August 17, 1959, Solomon Islands1 m · M7.3 · 5 runups
August 18, 1959, Hegben Lake, Montana, United States1 m · M7.2 · 28 deaths · $11 million · 1 runup
August 29, 1959, Lake Baykal (Baikal), RussiaM6.5
October 26, 1959, Sanriku, Japan0.11 m · M6.7 · 8 runups
January 13, 1960, S. Peru5.7 m · M7.8 · 1 runup
February 29, 1960, MoroccoM6.8 · 13,100 deaths · $120 million · 1 runup
March 20, 1960, Sanriku, Japan1 m · M7.5 · 19 runups
March 23, 1960, Sanriku, Japan0.75 m · M6.7 · 12 runups
April 26, 1960, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan1 m · 1 runup
May 21, 1960, Central Chile0.5 m · M8.2 · Deaths: few · 7 runups
May 22, 1960, Southern Chile25 m · M9.5 · 2,226 deaths · $1 billion · 58,622 houses destroyed · 1,279 runups
May 24, 1960, Southern ChileM6.7
June 11, 1960, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM6.6 · 1 runup
July 29, 1960, Sanriku, Japan0.3 m · M6.7 · 5 runups
November 1, 1960, Southern ChileM7.4
November 20, 1960, N. Peru9 m · M6.8 · 66 deaths · $550,000 · 19 runups
January 16, 1961, Kashima, Japan0.4 m · M6.8 · 5 runups
January 16, 1961, Kashima, Japan0.4 m · M6.4 · 2 runups
January 16, 1961, Kashima, Japan0.4 m · M6.5 · 4 runups
February 12, 1961, S. Kuril Islands, Russia1 m · M6.6 · 5 runups
February 26, 1961, Seikaido, Japan0.65 m · M7.6 · 2 deaths · 170 houses destroyed · 34 runups
March 18, 1961, Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands3.6 m · 2 runups
May 23, 1961, Asia Minor, TurkeyM6.4
June 6, 1961, Aegean Sea, Italy0.9 m · 3 runups
June 16, 1961, NE Colombia, W VenezuelaM6.5 · 1 runup
July 18, 1961, Ryukyu Islands, Japan0.2 m · M6.6 · 6 runups
July 23, 1961, Vanuatu Islands0.9 m · M7.3 · 2 runups
August 1, 1961, Solomon Sea, Solomon Islands0.9 m · M6.4
August 11, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan0.1 m · M7 · 9 runups
October 18, 1961, Central ChileM6.5 · Deaths: few
November 15, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan0.1 m · M6.9 · 9 runups
January 11, 1962, Dalmatian Coasts, Croatia0.04 m · M6.1 · 1 death · 2,290 houses destroyed · 1 runup
March 12, 1962, Costa Rica-Panama0.1 m · M6.8 · 2 runups
April 12, 1962, Sanriku, Japan1 m · M7.2 · 12 runups
April 23, 1962, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan0.1 m · M7 · 10 runups
May 11, 1962, S. Mexico0.81 m · M7 · 4 deaths · 1 runup
May 19, 1962, S. Mexico0.34 m · M7.2 · 3 deaths · 1 runup
May 21, 1962, Off Coast of Honshu Island, Japan0.1 m · M5.7 · 1 runup
May 28, 1962, North Aegean Sea, GreeceM4.5 · 1 runup
December 21, 1962, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AK, United StatesM6.5 · 1 runup
February 7, 1963, Corinth Gulf, Greece6 m · 2 deaths · 9 runups
February 13, 1963, E. Taiwan-Ryukyu Islands0.2 m · M7.3 · 15 deaths · 2 runups
March 28, 1963, Graham Island, British Columbia, Canada5.5 m · 1 death · 7 runups
March 30, 1963, Agung Volcano, Bali, Lesser Sunda, Indonesia1,028 deaths · 2 runups
September 18, 1963, Marmara Sea, Turkey1 m · M6.2 · 1 death · 7 houses destroyed · 1 runup
September 24, 1963, Central PeruM7 · 1 death
October 9, 1963, Vajont Dam, Vajont River, Italy235 m · 2,000 deaths · 6 runups
October 12, 1963, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.12 m · M7.1 · 3 runups
October 13, 1963, S. Kuril Islands, Russia4.5 m · M8.5 · 91 runups
October 20, 1963, S. Kuril Islands, Russia15 m · M7.9 · 22 runups
December 16, 1963, Java, IndonesiaM6.6 · 1 runup
December 18, 1963, Tonga TrenchM7.2 · 1 runup
March 20, 1964, Gulf of Alaska, AK, United States0.08 m · 1 runup
March 28, 1964, Prince William Sound, AK, United States51.8 m · M9.2 · 139 deaths · $400 million · 428 runups
April 2, 1964, Off Northwest Coast of IndonesiaM7 · 1 runup
May 7, 1964, NW. Honshu Island, Japan0.6 m · M6.9 · 35 runups
May 7, 1964, NW. Honshu Island, JapanM6.6 · 2 runups
May 17, 1964, West England, United Kingdom9 m · 2 deaths
May 19, 1964, Long Island, NY, United States0.28 m · 11 runups
June 16, 1964, NW. Honshu Island, Japan5.8 m · M7.6 · 36 deaths · $800 million · 3,557 houses destroyed · 168 runups
July 24, 1964, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.08 m · M6.8 · 5 runups
November 17, 1964, New Britain, Papua New Guinea0.05 m · M7.6 · 1 runup
December 10, 1964, NW. Honshu Island, Japan0.1 m · M6.3 · 4 runups
January 24, 1965, Sanana Island, IndonesiaM7.6 · 71 deaths · 3,000 houses destroyed · 4 runups
January 30, 1965, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States1 death · $70,000 · 1 house destroyed · 1 runup
February 4, 1965, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, AK, United States10.7 m · M8.7 · $10,000 · 84 runups
February 19, 1965, Southern Chile60 m · 27 deaths · 1 runup
February 23, 1965, Northern ChileM7
March 9, 1965, Aegean Sea, GreeceM6.3 · 38 deaths · $8 million · 2 runups
March 22, 1965, Central ChileM6
March 30, 1965, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, AK, United States0.1 m · M7.6 · 3 runups
April 19, 1965, Aichi Prefecture, Japan0.1 m · M6 · 2 runups
June 11, 1965, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.1 m · M7.2 · 6 runups
July 2, 1965, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AK, United States0.08 m · M6.5 · 3 runups
July 6, 1965, North Corinth Gulf, Greece3 m · M6.1 · 2 deaths · 70 houses destroyed · 2 runups
August 11, 1965, Vanuatu Islands7 m · M7 · 4 runups
August 13, 1965, Vanuatu Islands2 m · M7.4 · 2 runups
August 23, 1965, Mexico0.4 m · M7.8 · 6 deaths · 1 runup
September 28, 1965, Taal, Luzon Island, Philippines4.7 m · 355 deaths · 1 runup
October 3, 1965, Southern ChileM6.5
October 24, 1965, Kick 'Em Jenny Volcano, GrenadaVolcano
1966, Tinakula, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon IslandsVolcano
March 12, 1966, E. Taiwan-Ryukyu Islands0.1 m · M7.6 · 7 deaths · 5 runups
May 8, 1966, Eastern Norway6 m
June 15, 1966, Solomon Islands0.2 m · M7.1 · 3 runups
July 12, 1966, Black Sea, Russia0.21 m · M5.5 · 8 runups
July 31, 1966, SW Great Britain, United Kingdom3 m
October 17, 1966, Central Peru3 m · M8.1 · 110 deaths · $35 million · 60 runups
November 28, 1966, Mohawk Bay, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands1 runup
December 28, 1966, Northern Chile0.42 m · M7.8 · 3 deaths · $400,000 · 13 runups
December 31, 1966, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands2 m · M7.8 · 7 runups
December 31, 1966, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands0.8 m · M7.2 · 1 runup
January 15, 1967, Central-South, Iceland75 m · 1 runup
March 19, 1967, S. Kuril Islands, RussiaM7
April 11, 1967, Makassar Strait, IndonesiaM5.5 · 71 deaths · 2 runups
April 12, 1967, Northeast Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.1 · 14 deaths · 2,000 houses destroyed · 1 runup
July 30, 1967, Caracas, Venezuela0.08 m · M6.6 · 300 deaths · $140 million · 1 runup
August 13, 1967, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea0.1 m · M6.4 · 1 runup
September 3, 1967, Central Peru2 m · M7 · 2 runups
October 1967, Grewingk, AK, United States60 m · 1 runup
November 15, 1967, Northern ChileM5.9
December 4, 1967, Telephone Bay, Decepcion Island, Antarctica1 m · 1 runup
December 4, 1967, Northern Coast of Puerto Rico, US Territories80 houses destroyed · 6 runups
December 21, 1967, Northern ChileM7.5 · 1 death · 1 runup
January 29, 1968, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.18 m · M7.3 · 17 runups
February 19, 1968, Lemnos Island, North Aegean Sea, Greece1.2 m · M7.2 · 22 deaths · $600,000 · 500 houses destroyed · 3 runups
April 1, 1968, Seikaido, Japan3.07 m · M7.5 · 1 death · 62 runups
April 18, 1968, Liguria-Cote D'Azur, Italy3 m · M4.6 · 1 runup
May 4, 1968, Easter Island Region, Chile1 runup
May 16, 1968, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, Japan6 m · M8.2 · 52 deaths · $131 million · 1,218 houses destroyed · 330 runups
May 16, 1968, Off Coast of Honshu Island, Japan0.58 m · M7.5 · 10 runups
June 12, 1968, Sanriku, Japan0.95 m · M7.2 · 28 runups
July 25, 1968, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand0.05 m · M7.3 · 1 runup
August 1, 1968, E. Luzon Island, Philippines0.16 m · M7.3 · 270 deaths · $8 million · 41 runups
August 2, 1968, Acapulco, MexicoM7.3 · 18 deaths · $2.4 million · 1 runup
August 5, 1968, Seikaido-Nankaido, Japan0.03 m · M6.5 · 1 runup
August 10, 1968, N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesia0.4 m · M7.6 · 22 runups
August 14, 1968, Banda Sea, Indonesia10 m · M7.8 · 200 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 7 runups
September 3, 1968, Black Sea, Turkey3 m · M6.6 · 24 deaths · 2,000 houses destroyed · 2 runups
September 20, 1968, Carupano, VenezuelaM6.5 · 3 deaths · 1 runup
September 25, 1968, S. Mexico-Guatemala-Nicaragua2 m · M6.1 · 20 deaths
December 5, 1968, Island of Kos, Greece1.2 m · M6.1 · 1 runup
February 23, 1969, Makassar Strait, Indonesia4 m · M7 · 664 deaths · 1,287 houses destroyed · 5 runups
February 28, 1969, Portugal0.9 m · M7.8 · 25 deaths · 32 runups
March 21, 1969, Luzon Island, Philippines3 deaths · 1 runup
March 31, 1969, Gulf of Suez, EgyptM7 · 2 deaths · 107 houses destroyed · 1 runup
April 12, 1969, Norsalv River, Sweden5 m · 1 runup
April 21, 1969, Ryukyu Islands, Japan0.1 m · M6.5 · 6 runups
July 17, 1969, Southwest Iberian, Atlantic Ocean0.06 m · 5 runups
July 18, 1969, Bohai Sea, China0.1 m · M7.4 · 10 deaths · 15,190 houses destroyed · 3 runups
August 2, 1969, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM5.4 · 1 runup
August 11, 1969, S. Kuril Islands, Russia5 m · M8.2 · 76 runups
August 27, 1969, South Africa2.9 m · 15 runups
November 22, 1969, Kamchatka, Russia15 m · M7.7 · 17 runups
December 25, 1969, Grand Bourg, Guadeloupe0.23 m · M7.2 · 4 runups
January 10, 1970, Philippine Trench, Philippines0.06 m · M7.6 · 1 runup
March 11, 1970, Andreanof Islands, AK, United States0.03 m · M6 · 2 runups
March 28, 1970, Mar del Plata, Argentina0.81 m · 1 runup
April 7, 1970, Philippine Sea, Philippines4.27 m · M7.3 · 15 deaths · 3 runups
May 14, 1970, Caspian Sea, RussiaM6.7 · 31 deaths
May 31, 1970, N. Peru0.46 m · M7.9 · 66,794 deaths · $530 million · 15 runups
June 14, 1970, Southern ChileM6
June 19, 1970, Northern ChileM6.4
July 25, 1970, Seikaido, Japan0.32 m · M7 · 35 runups
September 28, 1970, New Zealand1 m · M5.1 · 1 runup
September 30, 1970, Philippine Trench, PhilippinesM6 · 3 houses destroyed · 1 runup
October 31, 1970, Papua New Guinea3 m · M7.3 · 18 deaths · $1.8 million · 800 houses destroyed · 3 runups
November 28, 1970, Northern ChileM6
December 4, 1970, Black Sea, Russia0.8 m · M5.1 · 1 runup
March 19, 1971, Chungar, Peru30 m · 600 deaths · 2 runups
May 2, 1971, Andreanof Islands, AK, United States0.04 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
July 9, 1971, Central Chile0.6 m · M7.8 · 83 deaths · $236.4 million · 1 runup
July 14, 1971, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea6 m · M7.9 · 3 deaths · $250,000 · 33 runups
July 26, 1971, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea10 m · M8.1 · $1 million · 40 runups
August 2, 1971, Japan Trench0.51 m · M7.3 · 17 runups
September 5, 1971, Tatar Strait, Russia2 m · M7.3 · 29 runups
September 6, 1971, Tinakula, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands1 runup
September 6, 1971, Tatar Strait, Russia0.07 m · M5.5 · 11 runups
September 8, 1971, Tatar Strait, Russia0.09 m · M6.6 · 2 runups
September 8, 1971, Tatar Strait, Russia0.07 m · M6.2 · 1 runup
September 25, 1971, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea1.8 m · M7 · 1 runup
September 27, 1971, Tatar Strait, Russia0.03 m · M6 · 1 runup
November 6, 1971, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, AK, United States0.1 m · M5.7 · 2 runups
December 15, 1971, Kamchatka, Russia0.47 m · M7.8 · 12 runups
January 25, 1972, E. Taiwan0.05 m · M7.5 · 1 death · 5 houses destroyed · 2 runups
February 29, 1972, East off Hachijo Island, Japan0.42 m · M7.4 · 28 runups
June 8, 1972, Central ChileM6.6
July 30, 1972, SE. Alaska, AK, United States0.1 m · M7.6 · 3 runups
August 17, 1972, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea0.6 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
August 26, 1972, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea1.5 m · 2 runups
September 6, 1972, JapanM5.2
October 9, 1972, Ritter Island, Papua New Guinea1 runup
December 2, 1972, Mindanao Island, Philippines0.5 m · M7.4 · 32 runups
December 4, 1972, Chichi Jima, Japan0.5 m · M7.4 · 39 runups
December 29, 1972, Central ChileM5.4
January 30, 1973, S. Mexico1.13 m · M7.5 · 56 deaths · 9 runups
February 28, 1973, N. Kuril Islands, Russia1.5 m · M7.2 · 7 runups
March 17, 1973, Quezon, Philippines1.3 m · M7.5 · 15 deaths · $450,000 · 98 houses destroyed · 3 runups
June 17, 1973, Hokkaido Island, Japan5.96 m · M7.7 · $5 million · 2 houses destroyed · 72 runups
June 24, 1973, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.64 m · M7.1 · 32 runups
June 26, 1973, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.21 m · M6.6 · 2 runups
October 5, 1973, Central Chile0.2 m · M6.7 · 1 runup
December 1973, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia2 deaths
January 31, 1974, Solomon Islands1.5 m · M7 · 2 runups
February 1, 1974, Solomon Islands2.3 m · M7.1 · 4 runups
May 8, 1974, Tokaido, Japan0.2 m · M6.7 · 30 deaths · 134 houses destroyed · 5 runups
August 18, 1974, Southern ChileM7.1
September 27, 1974, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.37 m · M6.7 · 3 runups
October 3, 1974, Central Peru0.92 m · M8.1 · 78 deaths · $10 million · 36 runups
October 17, 1974, Ritter Island, Papua New Guinea0.5 m · 2 runups
October 17, 1974, Kitimat Inlet, British Colombia, Canada2.8 m
December 28, 1974, PakistanM6.2 · 5,300 deaths · $3.3 million
January 15, 1975, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM5.9 · 81 houses destroyed · 1 runup
March 5, 1975, Sanana Island, Indonesia1.2 m · M6.6 · 1 runup
March 13, 1975, Central ChileM6.9 · 2 deaths
April 27, 1975, Kitimat Inlet, British Columbia, Canada4.1 m · 5 runups
May 26, 1975, Azores Gibraltar Fracture Zone, Atlantic Ocean0.5 m · M7.8 · 14 runups
June 10, 1975, S. Kuril Islands, Russia5.5 m · M7 · 52 runups
July 20, 1975, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea2 m · M7.9 · 19 runups
October 31, 1975, Philippine Trench, Philippines3 m · M7.6 · 1 death · 30 houses destroyed · 28 runups
November 29, 1975, Hawaii, United States14.3 m · M7.7 · 2 deaths · $4 million · 86 runups
December 16, 1975, Fiji Islands0.25 m · M4.9 · 1 runup
December 26, 1975, Samoa Islands0.38 m · M7.8 · 3 runups
January 14, 1976, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand0.9 m · M7.9 · 18 runups
January 21, 1976, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.38 m · M7 · 5 runups
February 4, 1976, Guatemala0.12 m · M7.5 · 23,000 deaths · $2.1 billion · 255,000 houses destroyed · 1 runup
July 11, 1976, PanamaM6.7 · 5 deaths
August 16, 1976, Moro Gulf, Philippines9 m · M8 · 8,000 deaths · $134 million · 44 runups
March 8, 1977, Cassino Beach, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil1 death · 1 runup
April 2, 1977, Samoa Islands0.08 m · M7.6 · 2 runups
April 20, 1977, Solomon Islands0.15 m · M6.8 · 34 deaths · 7 runups
April 20, 1977, Solomon IslandsM7.6 · 1 runup
April 21, 1977, Solomon Islands0.04 m · M8.1 · 18 deaths · 5 runups
June 22, 1977, Tonga Trench0.4 m · M7.2 · 1 death · $1.2 million · 19 runups
August 19, 1977, Sunda Islands, Indonesia15 m · M8.3 · 189 deaths · $1.2 million · 16 runups
August 20, 1977, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea0.5 m · M5.5
August 28, 1977, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea0.6 m · M5.5 · 1 runup
October 10, 1977, Tonga Trench0.03 m · M7.2 · 2 runups
1978, Tra CO Coast, Vietnam3 m
January 14, 1978, Tokaido, Japan0.35 m · M6.6 · 25 deaths · 85 houses destroyed · 14 runups
March 22, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.07 m · M6.7 · 2 runups
March 22, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.05 m · M6.6 · 2 runups
March 23, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.17 m · M6.8 · 4 runups
March 23, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.3 m · M7.5 · 15 runups
March 24, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.65 m · M7.6 · 20 runups
April 29, 1978, Rissa, Norway6.8 m · 1 death
June 12, 1978, Sanriku, Japan0.6 m · M7.7 · 28 deaths · $865 million · 31 runups
June 12, 1978, IndiaEarthquake
June 14, 1978, Mindanao Island, Philippines0.03 m · M6.9 · 1 runup
June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki (Salonica), Greece0.45 m · M6.4 · 50 deaths · $250 million · 5 runups
June 21, 1978, Eastern Italy, Adriatic Sea3 m · $9.5 million · 8 runups
July 23, 1978, Taiwan0.05 m · M7.4 · 1 runup
August 14, 1978, Cadiz, Spain0.12 m · M4.4 · 1 runup
October 10, 1978, Off East Coast of South Island, New Zealand1 runup
November 29, 1978, Mexico1.5 m · M7.8 · 9 deaths · 1 runup
February 13, 1979, SW Great Britain, United KingdomMeteorological
February 20, 1979, Iwate, Japan0.12 m · M6.4 · 11 runups
February 28, 1979, SE. Alaska, AK, United States0.15 m · M7.5 · 2 runups
March 14, 1979, S. Mexico1.3 m · M7.6 · 5 deaths · $30 million · 200 houses destroyed · 3 runups
March 31, 1979, Nagasaki, Japan4.8 m · 3 deaths · 2 runups
April 9, 1979, Bar Ulcinj, MontenegroM5.3
April 15, 1979, Montenegro3 m · M6.9 · 131 deaths · $2.7 billion · 6 runups
May 15, 1979, Crete, GreeceM5.6 · 1 runup
July 18, 1979, Lomblen Island [lembata], Indonesia9 m · 1,239 deaths · 1 runup
July 25, 1979, Mururoa Atoll, French Polynesia1.5 m · 2 runups
August 9, 1979, Lomblen Island [lembata], Indonesia1 runup
September 3, 1979, Puerto Cumarebo, VenezuelaM5 · 1 runup
September 12, 1979, Irian Jaya, Indonesia2 m · M7.9 · 115 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 2 runups
October 6, 1979, Northern Norway2 m · 1 runup
October 16, 1979, French Riviera (Ligurian Sea), France10 m · 9 deaths · 6 runups
November 16, 1979, Fiji IslandsM6.9 · 1 runup
December 12, 1979, Off Shore, Pacific Ocean, Colombia6 m · M8.1 · 600 deaths · $8 million · 10,000 houses destroyed · 55 runups
January 1, 1980, Azores, Portugal0.41 m · M6.9 · 69 deaths · $5 million · 15,000 houses destroyed · 2 runups
February 23, 1980, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.16 m · M7 · 10 runups
May 12, 1980, Vanuatu IslandsM6.1
May 18, 1980, Washington, United States250 m · 61 deaths · 2 runups
May 22, 1980, Azores, PortugalLandslide
June 29, 1980, Honshu Island, Japan0.56 m · M6.2 · 16 runups
July 8, 1980, Santa Cruz Is. VanuatuM7.5 · 1 runup
July 17, 1980, Solomon Islands0.14 m · M7.9 · 36 runups
October 10, 1980, El Asnam, Algeria0.7 m · M7.1 · 5,000 deaths · $5.2 billion · 250,000 houses destroyed · 6 runups
January 18, 1981, E. Honshu Island, Japan0.37 m · M6.9 · 28 runups
February 24, 1981, Athens-Eastern Gulf of Corinth, Greece1 m · M6.7 · 22 deaths · $812 million · 8,000 houses destroyed · 4 runups
March 4, 1981, Gulf of Corinth, Greece1.3 m · M6.4 · 2 runups
May 11, 1981, Agulhas Bank, South Africa0.29 m · 9 runups
May 25, 1981, New Zealand0.3 m · M7.6 · 1 runup
September 1, 1981, Samoa Islands1 m · M7.7 · Deaths: few · 4 runups
October 20, 1981, Krakatau, Indonesia2 m · 1 runup
October 25, 1981, Mexico0.09 m · M7.3 · 3 deaths · 1 runup
January 11, 1982, Philippines0.1 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
February 24, 1982, Java Trench, IndonesiaM5.4
March 11, 1982, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia0.1 m · M6.6
March 21, 1982, Hokkaido Island, Japan1.3 m · M6.9 · 110 deaths · $1 million · 31 runups
July 23, 1982, Ibaraki, Japan0.4 m · M7.2 · 22 runups
December 19, 1982, Kermadec Islands, Tonga0.2 m · M7.5 · 4 runups
December 25, 1982, Flores Sea, IndonesiaM6 · 13 deaths · $1.5 million · 1,875 houses destroyed
December 28, 1982, S. of Honshu Island, Japan0.19 m · M6.4 · 1 runup
1983, Brownsville, WA, United States0.6 m · 1 runup
January 17, 1983, Ionian Sea, GreeceM7.2 · 1 runup
March 12, 1983, Banda Sea, Indonesia3 m · M6.9 · 1 runup
March 18, 1983, New Britain, Papua New Guinea0.13 m · M7.9 · 4 runups
April 3, 1983, Costa Rica0.13 m · M7.5 · 6 deaths · $1 million · 3 runups
May 26, 1983, Noshiro, Japan14.93 m · M7.8 · 104 deaths · $800 million · 3,513 houses destroyed · 236 runups
June 9, 1983, Noshiro, Japan0.6 m · M5.9 · 1 runup
June 21, 1983, N. Honshu Island, Japan1 m · M6.9 · 27 runups
August 6, 1983, North Aegean Sea, GreeceM7 · 1 runup
August 17, 1983, Kamchatka Bay, Russia0.1 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
August 17, 1983, Luzon Island, PhilippinesM6.6 · 16 deaths · 2 runups
August 17, 1983, Lesser Sunda Islands, IndonesiaVolcano
August 18, 1983, Western Norway7 m · 1 runup
October 4, 1983, Northern Chile0.2 m · M7.7 · 5 deaths · $1 million · 40 houses destroyed · 1 runup
November 30, 1983, Chagos Archipelago Region, UK Territories1.5 m · M7.7 · 3 runups
January 8, 1984, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.8 · 2 deaths · $500,000
February 11, 1984, Corinthos Gulf, GreeceM5.6 · 1 runup
March 24, 1984, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.2 m · M7.2 · 3 runups
April 13, 1984, Columbia River Valley, WA, United StatesLandslide
June 13, 1984, Tori Shima, Okinawa, Japan0.5 m · M5.5 · 9 runups
August 6, 1984, Kyushu, Japan0.2 m · M7 · 6 runups
August 15, 1984, Lake Monoun, Cameroon5 m · 37 deaths · 1 runup
September 18, 1984, Honshu Island, Japan0.13 m · M6.9 · 12 runups
October 5, 1984, North Adriatic, Croatia4 m
December 28, 1984, Kamchatka, Russia0.2 m · M6.8 · 2 runups
January 8, 1985, Kosrae Islands, Caroline Islands, Micronesia1 runup
March 3, 1985, Central Chile3.5 m · M8 · 180 deaths · $1.5 billion · 64 runups
March 16, 1985, Guadeloupe0.12 m · M6.3 · 1 runup
April 13, 1985, Bali Island, Indonesia2 m · M6.2 · 1 runup
June 12, 1985, Quyuan, Zigui County, China54 m · 10 deaths
July 3, 1985, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea1.3 m · M7.3 · $1 million · 2 runups
July 24, 1985, Ubekendt Island, GreenlandM3 · 1 runup
September 19, 1985, Mexico3 m · M8 · 9,500 deaths · $4 billion · 20 runups
September 21, 1985, Mexico1.2 m · M7.6 · 3 runups
March 6, 1986, Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan0.03 m · M6.3
May 7, 1986, Andreanof Islands, AK, United States0.9 m · M8 · 67 runups
May 17, 1986, Andreanof Islands, AK, United StatesM6.4
August 21, 1986, Lake Nyos, Cameroon75 m · 1,700 deaths · 1 runup
October 20, 1986, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand0.22 m · M7.8 · 8 runups
November 14, 1986, Taiwan0.3 m · M7.8 · 15 deaths · 5 runups
February 6, 1987, E. Honshu Island, Japan0.1 m · M6.7 · 3 runups
February 8, 1987, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea1.5 m · M7.4 · 3 deaths · $2.6 million · 1 runup
February 21, 1987, Western Norway3 m · 1 runup
March 5, 1987, Northern Chile0.2 m · M7.6 · 1 death · 6 runups
March 18, 1987, Kyushu Island, Japan0.04 m · M6.7 · 2 deaths · 1 runup
March 24, 1987, Honshu Island, Japan0.16 m · M5.1 · 3 runups
May 20, 1987, Deep Cove, New Zealand1 runup
June 7, 1987, Sabtang Island, PhilippinesM6.1
June 18, 1987, Solomon IslandsM6.3 · 1 runup
July 6, 1987, Vanuatu Islands0.1 m · M6.7 · 1 runup
July 28, 1987, Valtellina, Italy95 m · 27 deaths · $495 million
October 6, 1987, Tonga Islands0.25 m · M7.3 · 2 runups
October 12, 1987, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea0.04 m · M7 · 1 runup
October 16, 1987, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea0.07 m · M7.4 · 2 runups
November 17, 1987, Gulf of Alaska, AK, United States0.06 m · M7.2 · 1 runup
November 26, 1987, Timor Sea, Indonesia0.1 m · M6.6
November 30, 1987, Gulf of Alaska, AK, United States0.43 m · M7.9 · 10 runups
February 5, 1988, Northern Chile0.1 m · M7.2 · 1 runup
March 6, 1988, Gulf of Alaska, AK, United States0.19 m · M7.8 · $5,000 · 9 runups
April 20, 1988, La Fossa Volcano, Vulcano Is., Italy2 m · 1 runup
April 30, 1988, S. California, United States1 runup
June 24, 1988, North of Luzon Island, Philippines1.03 m · M5.4 · 2 runups
July 5, 1988, Papua New GuineaM6.8 · 2 runups
August 6, 1988, Jamuna River, Aricha, BangladeshM7.2 · 5 deaths
August 10, 1988, Solomon Islands0.09 m · M7.6 · 1 death · 100 houses destroyed · 2 runups
August 20, 1988, BangladeshM6.6 · 998 deaths · $131.5 million · 1 runup
May 23, 1989, Macquarie Island, Australia0.15 m · M8.1 · 4 runups
June 26, 1989, Hawaii, United States0.29 m · M6.5 · 3 runups
September 4, 1989, Semidi Islands, AK, United States0.1 m · M7.1 · 2 runups
October 18, 1989, N. California, United States1 m · M6.9 · 62 deaths · $5.6 billion · 4 runups
October 29, 1989, N. Honshu Island, Japan0.11 m · M6.5 · 4 runups
October 29, 1989, Algiers, Cherchell, Tipaza, AlgeriaM5.9 · 30 deaths · $5 million · 1 runup
November 1, 1989, Japan0.9 m · M7.4 · 12 runups
November 1, 1989, Puerto Rico, US Territories0.1 m · M4.4 · 1 runup
February 8, 1990, Philippines2.1 m · M6.6 · 6 deaths · $900,000 · 14 runups
February 20, 1990, Japan0.16 m · M6.4 · 1 runup
March 25, 1990, Costa Rica1 m · M7.3 · 8 houses destroyed · 4 runups
April 5, 1990, Mariana Trench, N. Mariana Islands, US Territories1.8 m · M7.5 · 34 runups
May 1990, Caniguin Is.,philippines5 m · 1 runup
June 20, 1990, Caspian Sea, Iran2 m · M7.3 · 40,000 deaths · $7.2 billion · 100,000 houses destroyed · 6 runups
July 16, 1990, W. Luzon Island, Philippines2 m · M7.8 · 2,412 deaths · $369.6 million · 1 runup
September 23, 1990, W. of Bonin Islands, Izu Is., Japan0.2 m · M6.5 · 4 runups
December 13, 1990, Eastern Sicily, ItalyM5.3 · 19 deaths · $500 million · 1 runup
December 13, 1990, Taiwan0.04 m · M6.3 · 2 runups
January 4, 1991, East Aegean Sea, Greece1 runup
February 9, 1991, Solomon Islands0.02 m · M6.9 · 1 runup
February 16, 1991, N. Kuril Islands, Russia0.1 m · M5.7 · 1 runup
February 21, 1991, Bering Sea, AK, United States0.15 m · M6.7 · 2 runups
April 22, 1991, Limon, Pandora, Costa Rica3 m · M7.6 · 90 deaths · $510 million · 43 runups
May 7, 1991, East Aegean Sea, Greece0.5 m · 1 runup
October 14, 1991, Solomon Islands0.15 m · M7.2 · 2 runups
November 1991, Aoshan, China3 m
December 22, 1991, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.52 m · M7.6 · 6 runups
January 5, 1992, South China Sea0.8 m · M3.7 · 5 runups
April 25, 1992, Cape Mendocino, N. California, United States1.8 m · M7.2 · $66 million · 14 runups
May 17, 1992, Philippines6 m · M7.3 · 12 houses destroyed · 3 runups
May 27, 1992, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon IslandsM7.1 · 1 runup
July 3, 1992, Daytona Beach, FL, United States3 m · 4 runups
July 18, 1992, Honshu Island, Japan0.3 m · M7 · 4 runups
August 11, 1992, Honshu, JapanM6.3
September 2, 1992, Nicaragua9.9 m · M7.6 · 170 deaths · $30 million · 1,500 houses destroyed · 83 runups
November 18, 1992, Corinth Gulf, GreeceM5.9 · 2 runups
December 12, 1992, Flores Sea, Indonesia26.2 m · M7.8 · 2,500 deaths · $100 million · 31,785 houses destroyed · 111 runups
February 7, 1993, Honshu Island, Japan0.5 m · M6.3 · 1 runup
March 12, 1993, Futuna, Wallis and FutunaM6.4 · 5 deaths · 1 runup
June 8, 1993, Kamchatka, Russia0.1 m · M7.5 · 6 runups
June 18, 1993, Kermadec Islands, New ZealandM6.6 · 1 runup
July 12, 1993, Sea of Japan32 m · M7.7 · 231 deaths · $1.2 billion · 2,374 houses destroyed · 196 runups
August 7, 1993, Japan0.16 m · M6.3 · 1 runup
August 8, 1993, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories2.4 m · M7.8 · $250 million · 50 runups
November 13, 1993, Kamchatka, Russia0.05 m · M7 · 1 runup
1994, Kerch Strait, Russia0.5 m
January 4, 1994, Corea Harbor, Maine, United States1.5 m · 1 runup
January 17, 1994, West Coast, USA, United States0.1 m · M6.7 · 57 deaths · $40 billion · 40,000 houses destroyed
January 21, 1994, Halmahera, Indonesia2 m · M7 · 9 deaths · 3 runups
February 12, 1994, Vanuatu Islands0.03 m · M7 · 1 runup
February 15, 1994, Southern Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.9
April 8, 1994, Hokkaido Island, Japan0.11 m · M6.4 · 3 runups
April 28, 1994, Western Norway4 m · 1 runup
May 24, 1994, Taiwan0.02 m · M6.5 · 1 runup
June 2, 1994, South of Java, Indonesia13.9 m · M7.8 · 238 deaths · $2.2 million · 1,500 houses destroyed · 75 runups
June 3, 1994, South of Java, Indonesia3.7 m · M6.6 · 1 runup
June 4, 1994, South of Java, IndonesiaM6.5
June 5, 1994, South of Java, Indonesia3 m · M6.1 · 1 runup
July 8, 1994, Hawaii, United StatesVolcano and landslide
July 13, 1994, Vanuatu Islands0.08 m · M7.2 · 1 runup
September 1, 1994, N. California, United States0.07 m · M7 · 1 runup
September 16, 1994, Taiwan Strait0.24 m · M6.7 · 1 death · 3 runups
September 17, 1994, Rabaul Harbor, Papua New Guinea0.3 m · M4.6 · 1 runup
September 18, 1994, Papua New Guinea3 m · 4 deaths · $86 million · 4 runups
October 4, 1994, S. Kuril Islands, Russia10.4 m · M8.3 · 11 deaths · 119 runups
October 8, 1994, Halmahera, Indonesia3 m · M6.8 · 1 death · 1 runup
October 9, 1994, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.2 m · M7.3 · 2 runups
November 4, 1994, Skagway, AK, United States9 m · 1 death · $25 million · 2 runups
November 14, 1994, Philippine Islands, Philippines7.3 m · M7.1 · 81 deaths · $3.7 million · 1,530 houses destroyed · 57 runups
December 28, 1994, Tohuku, Japan0.53 m · M7.8 · 3 deaths · $170.4 million · 13 runups
January 16, 1995, Kobe, Japan0.34 m · M6.9 · 6,434 deaths · $100 billion · 186,175 houses destroyed · 2 runups
April 7, 1995, Samoa Islands0.09 m · M7.4 · 3 runups
April 21, 1995, Samar Island, Philippines2 m · M7.2 · 3 runups
April 21, 1995, Samar Island, Philippines0.1 m · M6.8
May 13, 1995, GreeceM6.6 · 1 runup
May 14, 1995, Timor Sea, Indonesia4 m · M6.9 · 11 deaths · 2 runups
May 16, 1995, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia8 m · M7.7 · 11 runups
May 27, 1995, Sakhalin Island, Russia0.1 m · M7.1 · 1,989 deaths · $300 million · 2 runups
June 15, 1995, Aiyion, Gulf of Corinth, Greece1 m · M6.5 · 26 deaths · $660 million · 2 runups
July 30, 1995, Northern Chile3 m · M8 · 3 deaths · $1.8 million · 115 houses destroyed · 91 runups
August 16, 1995, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea0.28 m · M7.7 · 3 runups
September 14, 1995, S. Mexico0.4 m · M7.4 · 3 deaths · 1 runup
October 9, 1995, S. Mexico11 m · M8 · 50 deaths · 35 runups
October 18, 1995, Ryukyu Islands, Japan2.59 m · M7.1 · 42 runups
October 19, 1995, Ryukyu Islands, Japan1.5 m · M6.8 · 16 runups
November 1, 1995, Northern Chile0.07 m · M6.7 · 1 runup
November 22, 1995, Gulf of Elat-Aqaba, Egypt4 m · M7.2 · 11 deaths · 7 runups
December 3, 1995, S. Kuril Islands, Russia1.1 m · M7.9 · 38 runups
January 1, 1996, W. Corinth Gulf, Greece2 m · 1 runup
January 1, 1996, Sulawesi, Indonesia3.43 m · M7.9 · 9 deaths · $1.2 million · 400 houses destroyed · 16 runups
January 2, 1996, Karymskoye, Kamchatka, Russia30 m · 1 runup
February 17, 1996, Irian Jaya, Indonesia7.7 m · M8.2 · 164 deaths · $4.2 million · 5,043 houses destroyed · 116 runups
February 21, 1996, N. Peru5.04 m · M7.5 · 12 deaths · 15 houses destroyed · 59 runups
February 25, 1996, Mexico0.1 m · M7.1 · 1 runup
April 24, 1996, Lake Brienz, Switzerland0.5 m
June 10, 1996, Andreanof Islands, AK, United States0.51 m · M7.9 · 65 runups
June 10, 1996, Andreanof Islands, AK, United States0.18 m · M7.3 · 1 runup
September 4, 1996, Honshu Island, Japan0.3 m · M5.7 · 14 runups
September 5, 1996, Easter Island Region, Chile0.09 m · M6.9 · 2 runups
September 5, 1996, Taiwan Region0.11 m · M6.8 · 3 runups
October 18, 1996, Kyushu Island, Japan0.2 m · M6.6 · 1 runup
October 19, 1996, Kyushu Island, Japan0.55 m · M6.7 · 6 runups
November 12, 1996, S. Peru0.4 m · M7.7 · 14 deaths · 4,006 houses destroyed · 4 runups
December 2, 1996, Sea of Japan0.2 m · M6.7 · 4 runups
March 12, 1997, New Caledonia2 m · 1 runup
April 10, 1997, Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras15 m · $300,000 · 1 runup
April 18, 1997, Norfolk Island, Australia1 runup
April 21, 1997, Santa Cruz Is. Vanuatu, Solomon Islands3 m · M7.7 · 7 houses destroyed · 41 runups
July 9, 1997, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela1 m · M7 · 81 deaths · $81 million · 4 runups
September 30, 1997, S. of Honshu Island, Japan0.03 m · M6.2 · 1 runup
October 14, 1997, Tonga Islands0.1 m · M7.7 · 1 runup
December 5, 1997, Kamchatka, Russia8 m · M7.8 · 19 runups
December 14, 1997, Kamchatka, Russia8 m · 1 runup
December 26, 1997, White River Valley, Montserrat3 m · 1 runup
March 19, 1998, Western Norway6 m · 1 runup
March 25, 1998, Balleny Islands, Antarctica0.08 m · M8.1 · 4 runups
May 3, 1998, Southeast of, Taiwan0.13 m · M7.5 · 15 runups
May 30, 1998, Sanriku, Japan0.01 m · M6.2
July 17, 1998, Papua New Guinea15.03 m · M7 · 1,636 deaths · 93 runups
November 29, 1998, Taliabu Island, Indonesia2.75 m · M7.7 · 41 deaths · $200 million · 1,000 houses destroyed · 1 runup
January 20, 1999, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat2 m · 3 runups
April 20, 1999, Kasu Cone, Papua New Guinea15 m · 1 death · 2 houses destroyed
August 17, 1999, Kocaeli, Turkey2.52 m · M7.6 · 17,118 deaths · $20 billion · 26 runups
September 13, 1999, Fatu Hiva, French Polynesia8 m · 9 runups
November 26, 1999, Vanuatu Islands6.6 m · M7.5 · 10 deaths · 53 runups
December 11, 1999, Luzon Island, Philippines1.5 m · M7.3 · 5 deaths · $1.8 million · 2 runups

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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.