Tsunamis in 1949
Every tsunami NOAA records in 1949.
1949 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 27, 1949, Kamchatka, Russia
- February 9, 1949, West Coast of Greece
- April 13, 1949, Puget Sound, WA, United States
- April 16, 1949, Puget Sound, WA, United States
- April 20, 1949, Central Chile
- May 9, 1949, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
- July 23, 1949, Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- July 27, 1949, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States
- August 22, 1949, British Columbia, Canada
- September 5, 1949, Northern Luzon Island, Philippines
- September 27, 1949, Gulf of Alaska, AK, United States
- October 19, 1949, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- December 17, 1949, Southern Chile
- December 17, 1949, Southern Chile
- December 29, 1949, E. Luzon Island, Philippines
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.