August 6, 1988 Tsunami: Jamuna River, Aricha, Bangladesh
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake began at Jamuna River, Aricha, Bangladesh on August 6, 1988 at 00:36:24 UTC. It killed 5 people, counting the earthquake or eruption that caused it.
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
- August 6, 1988, 00:36:24 UTC
- Source
- Jamuna River, Aricha, Bangladesh
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 7.2, 91 km deep
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- A lake or river, not the ocean
- How certain
- An event that only caused a seiche
- Source location
- 25.149° N, 95.127° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 2; 5 with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Missing
- 30
- Injuries
- 42 with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million) with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Two people killed and about 30 missing when a possible seiche on the Jamuno River at Aricha, Bangladesh caused a ferry boat to capsize.(reference #1053)
Note: reference #12345 lists as probable tsunami (accessed July 2024)
Reference #11454 lists impacts listed above to 06 Aug 1988 event.
More
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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 2372.