June 12, 1978 Tsunami: India
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at India on June 12, 1978.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- 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
- June 12, 1978
- Source
- India
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Erroneous entry
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Typo from reference #96: Tsunami listed out of chronological order (between events in 1886 and 1906) on June 12, 1978 (should be June 12, 1897) at 27 N 91 E from a magnitude 8.7 earthquake that generated a tsunami in the tributaries of the Brahamputra and Ganges Rivers, killing 1542 people. This event is describing the June 12, 1897 Assam India earthquake and liquefaction in the Brahmaputra floodplain. (reference #96)
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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 5448.