June 15, 1901 Tsunami: Iwate, Japan
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6 earthquake began at Iwate, Japan on June 15, 1901.
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
- June 15, 1901
- Source
- Iwate, Japan
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 6, 33 km deep
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Definite tsunami
- Source location
- 39.000° N, 143.000° E
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
More
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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 1278.