Tsunamis in 1948
Every tsunami NOAA records in 1948.
1948 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 24, 1948, Sulu Sea, Philippines
- February 9, 1948, Dodecanese, Karpathos Is., Greece
- April 17, 1948, Tokaido, Japan
- April 22, 1948, Ionian Sea, Greece
- May 23, 1948, Shandong Province, China
- June 1, 1948, Off Northwest Coast, Indonesia
- September 8, 1948, Tonga Trench
- December 4, 1948, Mexico
- December 26, 1948, Northern Chile
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.