July 30, 1967 Tsunami: Caracas, Venezuela
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake began at Caracas, Venezuela on July 30, 1967 at 00:00:04 UTC. The water rose as high as 0.08 meters. Its effects were recorded at 1 place. It killed 300 people, counting the earthquake or eruption that caused it.
Where the waves reached
The source (white) and every runup with a place, colored by the water height recorded there. A ring is a runup NCEI marks doubtful.
- 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
- July 30, 1967, 00:00:04 UTC
- Source
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 6.6, 25 km deep
- Maximum water height
- 0.08 m (0.3 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 1
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Definite tsunami
- Source location
- 10.559° N, 67.330° W
The toll
- Deaths
- 300 with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Injuries
- 1,536 with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Damage
- $140 million with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
An earthquake on July 29, 1967, near the coast of Venezuela generated a small tsunami at La Guaira (Reference #3741). Reference #1080 shows the tide-gauge record and states, "The sea wave had an amplitude of three inches (7.5 cm) and a periodic time of 10.8 minutes."
Every runup
Nearest the source first. Heights are above sea level at the time; a tide gauge reads half the wave’s full height.
| Where | Country | Km from source | Water height, m | Inland, m | Measured by | First wave, UTC | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Guaira | Venezuela | 44 | 0.08 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) |
Photos
From the NCEI/WDS Natural Hazards Image Database (doi:10.7289/V5154F01). Only photos by the USGS and NOAA, which are public domain, are shown.
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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 3349.