Tsunamis in 1938
Every tsunami NOAA records in 1938.
1938 on the map
At the source, colored by the highest water recorded.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
Every event
- January 28, 1938, Nyamuragira, Congo
- February 1, 1938, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- February 6, 1938, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
- February 13, 1938, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- March 1938, Western Norway
- March 6, 1938, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- March 22, 1938, British Columbia, Canada
- May 12, 1938, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- May 19, 1938, Makassar Strait, Indonesia
- May 23, 1938, Japan Trench
- May 28, 1938, E. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- June 10, 1938, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
- July 13, 1938, Holland, Michigan, United States
- July 20, 1938, Central Greece (Euripus Strait)
- August 5, 1938, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- September 21, 1938, New Jersey Coast, United States
- November 5, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- November 5, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- November 6, 1938, Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- November 6, 1938, Off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- November 9, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- November 10, 1938, Shumagin Islands, AK, United States
- November 13, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- November 16, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- November 22, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
- November 30, 1938, Sanriku, Japan
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.