November 11, 1936 Tsunami: Lake Lovatnet, Norway
A tsunami caused by a landslide began at Lake Lovatnet, Norway on November 11, 1936. The water rose as high as 74 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
- November 11, 1936
- Source
- Lake Lovatnet, Norway
- Cause
- Landslide
- Maximum water height
- 74 m (242.8 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- A lake or river, not the ocean
- How certain
- Probable tsunami
- Source location
- 61.850° N, 6.900° 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.
on the 11th of November with an unregistered volume of rock and no recorded destruction. Note: lists >74 m runup, limited details (reference #13950)
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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 5990.