May 30, 1928 Tsunami: Sapporo, Japan
A tsunami of unknown cause began at Sapporo, Japan on May 30, 1928.
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 30, 1928
- Source
- Sapporo, Japan
- Cause
- Unknown
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Erroneous entry
- Source location
- 43.062° N, 141.354° 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.
Reference #414:
1928, May, about the 30th. A tsunami appeared at Sapporo and a fleet of fishing vessels was destroyed.
[These appear to be very distorted data on the tsunami of 27.V.1928.]
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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 5504.