November 26, 1987 Tsunami: Timor Sea, Indonesia
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake began at Timor Sea, Indonesia on November 26, 1987 at 01:43:14 UTC. The water rose as high as 0.1 meters.
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
- November 26, 1987, 01:43:14 UTC
- Source
- Timor Sea, Indonesia
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 6.6, 33 km deep
- Maximum water height
- 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Erroneous entry
- Source location
- 8.247° S, 124.155° E
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.
A magnitude 6.9 Ms earthquake at 1:43 UT at Timor, Indonesia and Mt. Sirung volcano erupted but PDE does not mention a tsunami. (reference #1053)
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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 2178.