Tsunamis in 1979

• February 13, 1979, SW Great Britain, United KingdomMeteorological
• February 20, 1979, Iwate, Japan0.12 m · M6.4 · 11 runups
• February 28, 1979, SE. Alaska, AK, United States0.15 m · M7.5 · 2 runups
• March 14, 1979, S. Mexico1.3 m · M7.6 · 5 deaths · $30 million · 200 houses destroyed · 3 runups
• March 31, 1979, Nagasaki, Japan4.8 m · 3 deaths · 2 runups
• April 9, 1979, Bar Ulcinj, MontenegroM5.3
• April 15, 1979, Montenegro3 m · M6.9 · 131 deaths · $2.7 billion · 6 runups
• May 15, 1979, Crete, GreeceM5.6 · 1 runup
• July 18, 1979, Lomblen Island [lembata], Indonesia9 m · 1,239 deaths · 1 runup
• July 25, 1979, Mururoa Atoll, French Polynesia1.5 m · 2 runups
• August 9, 1979, Lomblen Island [lembata], Indonesia1 runup
• September 3, 1979, Puerto Cumarebo, VenezuelaM5 · 1 runup
• September 12, 1979, Irian Jaya, Indonesia2 m · M7.9 · 115 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 2 runups
• October 6, 1979, Northern Norway2 m · 1 runup
• October 16, 1979, French Riviera (Ligurian Sea), France10 m · 9 deaths · 6 runups
• November 16, 1979, Fiji IslandsM6.9 · 1 runup
• December 12, 1979, Off Shore, Pacific Ocean, Colombia6 m · M8.1 · 600 deaths · $8 million · 10,000 houses destroyed · 55 runups

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.