May 15, 1925 Tsunami: Northern Chile
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake began at Northern Chile on May 15, 1925 at 11:56:57 UTC.
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
- May 15, 1925, 11:56:57 UTC
- Source
- Northern Chile
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 7.1, 50 km deep
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 26.000° S, 71.500° W
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.
May 15, 1925, 11:57 UTC, 26 S, 71.5 W, depth 50 km, magnitude 7.1 MS. (reference #552)
May 15, 1925, 11:57 UTC, 26 S, 71.5 W, depth 50 km, magnitude 7.1 MS. (reference #164)
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 1555.