July 8, 1994 Tsunami: Hawaii, United States
A tsunami caused by a volcano and a landslide began at Hawaii, United States on July 8, 1994.
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
- July 8, 1994
- Source
- Hawaii, United States
- Cause
- Volcano and landslide
- Volcano
- The eruption that caused it
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 19.421° N, 155.287° W
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.
Reference #13805 lists this tsunami event as “historical”, but the reference cited [reference #13827] lists deposits only with no eyewitness observations or instrumental recordings of the tsunami wave(s).
Reference #13805 lists a 15 m maximum runup; however, the reference cited [reference #13827] states “These deposits can extend up to 40 m inland and 10–15 m above sea level and leave no impact marks on the underlying flow.”
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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 5926.