Tsunamis in 1968

• January 29, 1968, S. Kuril Islands, Russia0.18 m · M7.3 · 17 runups
• February 19, 1968, Lemnos Island, North Aegean Sea, Greece1.2 m · M7.2 · 22 deaths · $600,000 · 500 houses destroyed · 3 runups
• April 1, 1968, Seikaido, Japan3.07 m · M7.5 · 1 death · 62 runups
• April 18, 1968, Liguria-Cote D'Azur, Italy3 m · M4.6 · 1 runup
• May 4, 1968, Easter Island Region, Chile1 runup
• May 16, 1968, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, Japan6 m · M8.2 · 52 deaths · $131 million · 1,218 houses destroyed · 330 runups
• May 16, 1968, Off Coast of Honshu Island, Japan0.58 m · M7.5 · 10 runups
• June 12, 1968, Sanriku, Japan0.95 m · M7.2 · 28 runups
• July 25, 1968, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand0.05 m · M7.3 · 1 runup
• August 1, 1968, E. Luzon Island, Philippines0.16 m · M7.3 · 270 deaths · $8 million · 41 runups
• August 2, 1968, Acapulco, MexicoM7.3 · 18 deaths · $2.4 million · 1 runup
• August 5, 1968, Seikaido-Nankaido, Japan0.03 m · M6.5 · 1 runup
• August 10, 1968, N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesia0.4 m · M7.6 · 22 runups
• August 14, 1968, Banda Sea, Indonesia10 m · M7.8 · 200 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 7 runups
• September 3, 1968, Black Sea, Turkey3 m · M6.6 · 24 deaths · 2,000 houses destroyed · 2 runups
• September 20, 1968, Carupano, VenezuelaM6.5 · 3 deaths · 1 runup
• September 25, 1968, S. Mexico-Guatemala-Nicaragua2 m · M6.1 · 20 deaths
• December 5, 1968, Island of Kos, Greece1.2 m · M6.1 · 1 runup

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.