Tsunamis in 1970

• January 10, 1970, Philippine Trench, Philippines0.06 m · M7.6 · 1 runup
• March 11, 1970, Andreanof Islands, AK, United States0.03 m · M6 · 2 runups
• March 28, 1970, Mar del Plata, Argentina0.81 m · 1 runup
• April 7, 1970, Philippine Sea, Philippines4.27 m · M7.3 · 15 deaths · 3 runups
• May 14, 1970, Caspian Sea, RussiaM6.7 · 31 deaths
• May 31, 1970, N. Peru0.46 m · M7.9 · 66,794 deaths · $530 million · 15 runups
• June 14, 1970, Southern ChileM6
• June 19, 1970, Northern ChileM6.4
• July 25, 1970, Seikaido, Japan0.32 m · M7 · 35 runups
• September 28, 1970, New Zealand1 m · M5.1 · 1 runup
• September 30, 1970, Philippine Trench, PhilippinesM6 · 3 houses destroyed · 1 runup
• October 31, 1970, Papua New Guinea3 m · M7.3 · 18 deaths · $1.8 million · 800 houses destroyed · 3 runups
• November 28, 1970, Northern ChileM6
• December 4, 1970, Black Sea, Russia0.8 m · M5.1 · 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.