August 11, 1992 Tsunami: Honshu, Japan

Name: August 11, 1992 Tsunami: Honshu, Japan
Start: 1992-08-11
Location: Honshu, Japan

August 11, 1992 · Very doubtful tsunami

A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake began at Honshu, Japan on August 11, 1992 at 15:14:55 UTC.

Where the waves reached

The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.

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Height not recorded

Tsunami warnings in force

The tsunami

Date: August 11, 1992, 15:14:55 UTC
Source: Honshu, Japan
Cause: Earthquake
Earthquake: Magnitude 6.3, 16 km deep
Runups recorded: 0
Waters: Ocean
How certain: Very doubtful tsunami
Source location: 32.536° N, 141.641° E

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.

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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 5427.