Tsunamis in 1978
Every tsunami NOAA records in 1978.
1978 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
- 1978, Tra CO Coast, Vietnam
- January 14, 1978, Tokaido, Japan
- March 22, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia
- March 22, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia
- March 23, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia
- March 23, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia
- March 24, 1978, S. Kuril Islands, Russia
- April 29, 1978, Rissa, Norway
- June 12, 1978, Sanriku, Japan
- June 12, 1978, India
- June 14, 1978, Mindanao Island, Philippines
- June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki (Salonica), Greece
- June 21, 1978, Eastern Italy, Adriatic Sea
- July 23, 1978, Taiwan
- August 14, 1978, Cadiz, Spain
- October 10, 1978, Off East Coast of South Island, New Zealand
- November 29, 1978, Mexico
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.