June 15, 1916 Tsunami: Dramsfjord, Norway
A tsunami of unknown cause began at Dramsfjord, Norway on June 15, 1916. The water rose as high as 1 meters.
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, 1916
- Source
- Dramsfjord, Norway
- Cause
- Unknown
- Maximum water height
- 1 m (3.3 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 59.620° N, 10.420° E
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
In Dramsfjord a wave of 1 m height suddenly arose on June 15, 1916, causing steamers to be torn from moorings and some other damages. The reason for this has probably been a submarine slide. Earthquakes did not at any rate occur at that time. (reference #13255)
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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 5853.