January 29, 2014 Tsunami: Statland, Norway
A tsunami caused by a landslide began at Statland, Norway on January 29, 2014 at 15:31 UTC. The water rose as high as 8.2 meters. Its effects were recorded at 3 places.
Where the waves reached
The source (white) and every runup with a place, colored by the water height recorded there. A ring is a runup NCEI marks doubtful.
- 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
- January 29, 2014, 15:31 UTC
- Source
- Statland, Norway
- Cause
- Landslide
- Maximum water height
- 8.2 m (26.9 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 3
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Definite tsunami
- Source location
- 64.495° N, 11.153° E
The toll
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #13839:
A coastal landslide occurred at Statland, Namdalseid county, mid-Norway, on January 29, 2014, and generated a local tsunami. Neither the landslide nor the tsunami resulted in severe casualties, but the landslide tsunami gave rise to a maximum runup height of 10 m and caused local damage to the Statland village.
The Statland event falls into this category of nearshore submarine landslide tsunamis.
The Statland landslide occurred at 04:31 p.m., January 29, 2014.
The field investigation revealed that the measured maximum run-up height was 8.2 m above MSL (9.6 m above contemporary sea level) in the Sagvika bay.
The tsunami involved no fatalities, although one person got minor injuries. The injured person was inside the large industrial building located in the middle of Sagvika when it was hit by water from the tsunami flowing 1 m deep. As a consequence, he fell and was pushed 7–8 m along the floor. The industrial building was severely damaged, while 12 boathouses were totally destroyed.
Further, dockages outside four boathouses were destroyed after being hit by the tsunami, and the wooden dock located centrally in Sagvika was crushed and the floating docks further north in Sagvika were washed on land. Several boats (cabin cruisers or smaller) sank both in Sagvika and Djupvika.
Every runup
Nearest the source first. Heights are above sea level at the time; a tide gauge reads half the wave’s full height.
| Where | Country | Km from source | Water height, m | Inland, m | Measured by | First wave, UTC | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sagvika | Norway | 0 | 8.2 | Runup height, post-tsunami survey | |||
| Kvalvikskjaer | Norway | 0 | 7 | Runup height, post-tsunami survey | |||
| Djupvika | Norway | 0 | 3.5 | Runup height, post-tsunami survey |
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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 3490.