October 8, 1950 Tsunami: Mid-Norway
A tsunami caused by a landslide began at Mid-Norway on October 8, 1950.
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
- October 8, 1950
- Source
- Mid-Norway
- Cause
- Landslide
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Very doubtful tsunami
- Source location
- 63.433° N, 10.383° 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.
1950 Oct 08, 63.26N 10.23 E. Submarine flow slide in Trondheim Harbour. Considerable turbulence generated by submarine (flow) slide. Minor landslide either triggering or resulting part of the event. Event reliability 0 (very improbable tsunami). (reference #4139)
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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 4256.