August 6, 2011 Tsunami: Lysefjoren, Western Norway
A tsunami caused by a landslide began at Lysefjoren, Western Norway on August 6, 2011 at 12:55 UTC.
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, 2011, 12:55 UTC
- Source
- Lysefjoren, Western Norway
- Cause
- Landslide
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Probable tsunami
- Source location
- 59.050° N, 6.640° 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.
Two landslides (rock falls), which caused small tsunami, occurred in Lysefjoren near Lysebotn (Norway) on 30 July and 6 August 2011 (the approximate location is shown on the map; 59.05 N 6.64 E). The second event occurred in Lysefjoren at 2:55 p.m. on 6 August 2011. The rock fall started at 250 m above the sea level in approximately the same location as on 30 July. There is not any description of destructive waves caused by this landslide in Lysebotn, although the overhead photographs taken from the nearby mountain top demonstrate generation of sea waves in the fjord. (reference #9501)
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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 5434.