January 1917 Tsunami: Linga Archipelago, Indonesia
A tsunami of unknown cause began at Linga Archipelago, Indonesia in January 1917.
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
- January 1917
- Source
- Linga Archipelago, Indonesia
- Cause
- Unknown
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 1.5
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Very doubtful tsunami
- Source location
- 0.250° S, 104.500° E
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.
January 1917. A flood tide higher than any previous one was
observed on the Linga archipelago. This led to the spoilage of various plots of land on the coast. (reference #414)
More
Every tsunami in 1917The 1900sTsunamis of IndonesiaAlerts in force
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 1437.