Tsunamis in 1959
Every tsunami NOAA records in 1959.
1959 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 22, 1959, Sanriku, Japan
- February 7, 1959, N. Peru
- February 23, 1959, Grecian Archipelago, Crete, Greece
- April 9, 1959, S. Kuril Islands, Russia
- May 4, 1959, Kamchatka, Russia
- May 7, 1959, Northern Norway
- August 17, 1959, Solomon Islands
- August 18, 1959, Hegben Lake, Montana, United States
- August 29, 1959, Lake Baykal (Baikal), Russia
- October 26, 1959, Sanriku, Japan
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.