Tsunamis in 1960

• January 13, 1960, S. Peru5.7 m · M7.8 · 1 runup
• February 29, 1960, MoroccoM6.8 · 13,100 deaths · $120 million · 1 runup
• March 20, 1960, Sanriku, Japan1 m · M7.5 · 19 runups
• March 23, 1960, Sanriku, Japan0.75 m · M6.7 · 12 runups
• April 26, 1960, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan1 m · 1 runup
• May 21, 1960, Central Chile0.5 m · M8.2 · Deaths: few · 7 runups
• May 22, 1960, Southern Chile25 m · M9.5 · 2,226 deaths · $1 billion · 58,622 houses destroyed · 1,279 runups
• May 24, 1960, Southern ChileM6.7
• June 11, 1960, Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM6.6 · 1 runup
• July 29, 1960, Sanriku, Japan0.3 m · M6.7 · 5 runups
• November 1, 1960, Southern ChileM7.4
• November 20, 1960, N. Peru9 m · M6.8 · 66 deaths · $550,000 · 19 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.