Tsunamis in 1939

• January 25, 1939, Central ChileM8.3 · 30,000 deaths · $920 million
• January 27, 1939, Calabrian Arc, ItalyEarthquake
• January 30, 1939, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.7 · 5 deaths · 3 runups
• March 20, 1939, Seikaido, Japan0.8 m · M6.6 · 1 death · 1 house destroyed · 4 runups
• April 18, 1939, Northern ChileM7.4
• April 30, 1939, Solomon Islands10.5 m · M7.9 · 12 deaths · 8 runups
• May 1, 1939, NW. Honshu Island, Japan1.2 m · M7 · 27 deaths · 479 houses destroyed · 25 runups
• May 6, 1939, Tayabas Bay, Sulu Sea, PhilippinesM6.5 · 1 runup
• May 8, 1939, Azores, Portugal0.2 m · M6.7 · 2 runups
• June 22, 1939, Gold Coast, GhanaM6.4 · 22 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 2 runups
• July 5, 1939, Dorset, England, United Kingdom1.9 m
• July 24, 1939, Kick 'Em Jenny Volcano, Grenada2 m · 3 runups
• August 15, 1939, Santa Clara, CubaM5.6 · 1 runup
• December 21, 1939, N. Moluccas Islands, IndonesiaM8 · 2 runups
• December 26, 1939, South Black Sea, Turkey0.5 m · M7.8 · 32,700 deaths · $20 million · 120,000 houses destroyed · 12 runups

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.