Tsunamis in 2016
Every tsunami NOAA records in 2016.
2016 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
- January 25, 2016, Morocco
- March 2, 2016, SW. Sumatra, Indonesia
- April 3, 2016, Vanuatu Islands
- April 16, 2016, Off Coast, Ecuador
- April 28, 2016, Vanuatu Islands
- June 23, 2016, English Channel, France
- August 12, 2016, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- August 19, 2016, Southern Atlantic Ocean, UK Territories
- August 20, 2016, Sanriku, Japan
- September 1, 2016, Gisborne, New Zealand
- October 16, 2016, Ararangua, Brazil
- November 13, 2016, Off East Coast of South Island, New Zealand
- November 21, 2016, E. Coast Honshu Island, Japan
- November 24, 2016, Nicaragua
- December 8, 2016, Solomon Islands
- December 9, 2016, Solomon Islands
- December 17, 2016, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea
- December 25, 2016, Southern Chile
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.