1994 Tsunami: Kerch Strait, Russia
A tsunami caused by a landslide began at Kerch Strait, Russia in 1994. The water rose as high as 0.5 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
- 1994
- Source
- Kerch Strait, Russia
- Cause
- Landslide
- Maximum water height
- 0.5 m (1.6 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Probable tsunami
- Source location
- 45.220° N, 36.720° 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.
1994 +-2. Source mud volcano. On the shore in Taman Village in windless weather with an absolutely smooth sea surface, "the water in the sea rose up like a dazzling white wall, we saw a flash of fire and heard the rumble of an explosion." ... the first wave rushed to the shore. After that, two waves 0.3-0.5 m high approached the shore one by one. (reference #12050)
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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 5691.