Tsunamis in 1997
Every tsunami NOAA records in 1997.
1997 on the map
At the source, colored by the highest water recorded.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
Every event
- March 12, 1997, New Caledonia
- April 10, 1997, Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras
- April 18, 1997, Norfolk Island, Australia
- April 21, 1997, Santa Cruz Is. Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
- July 9, 1997, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- September 30, 1997, S. of Honshu Island, Japan
- October 14, 1997, Tonga Islands
- December 5, 1997, Kamchatka, Russia
- December 14, 1997, Kamchatka, Russia
- December 26, 1997, White River Valley, Montserrat
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.