Tsunamis in 1953

• February 14, 1953, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States1 runup
• February 15, 1953, Central Peru0.7 m · M5.5 · 1 runup
• February 16, 1953, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States4.8 m · 1 runup
• March 11, 1953, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan6 m · 2 runups
• March 17, 1953, N. Kuril Islands, Russia3 m · M5.8 · 1 runup
• March 25, 1953, Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan0.05 m · 1 runup
• April 23, 1953, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM7.4 · $13,000 · 2 runups
• May 6, 1953, Central ChileM7.6 · 9 deaths · $500 million
• May 31, 1953, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic0.06 m · M7.2 · 1 runup
• June 27, 1953, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea1 runup
• August 9, 1953, Ithaki Island, GreeceM6.3 · 2 runups
• August 11, 1953, Ionian Sea, Greece1 m · M6.8 · 3 runups
• August 12, 1953, Ionian Sea, GreeceM7.2 · 476 deaths · $100 million · 30,439 houses destroyed · 3 runups
• August 19, 1953, Columbia River Valley, WA, United States1 runup
• September 10, 1953, Levantian Sea, CyprusM6.3 · 40 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · 2 runups
• September 14, 1953, Fiji Islands15 m · M6.4 · 8 deaths · 33 runups
• November 4, 1953, Coral Sea, VanuatuM7.5 · 1 runup
• November 14, 1953, Tasmania, Australia2.4 m · 1 death · 1 runup
• November 25, 1953, Kashima, Japan3 m · M7.4 · 1 death · 33 runups
• December 12, 1953, N. Peru1 m · M7.4 · 6 deaths · 200 houses destroyed · 2 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.