March 14, 2019 Tsunami: Dalk Glacier, Antarctica
A tsunami caused by a landslide began at Dalk Glacier, Antarctica on March 14, 2019. The water rose as high as 0.58 meters. Its effects were recorded at 1 place.
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
- March 14, 2019
- Source
- Dalk Glacier, Antarctica
- Cause
- Landslide
- Maximum water height
- 0.58 m (1.9 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 1
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Definite tsunami
- Source location
- 69.417° S, 76.450° E
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
on March 14, 2019, a tsunami occurred near Dålk Glacier. The seawater overturned and pushed containers stacked on a dock into the sea, and a substantial amount of sea ice landed near the coast (Fig. 1). This tsunami event caused some damage to the pier of Zhongshan Station and had a great impact on the investigations of the team members of Zhongshan Station […] we examined previous water-level records and pictures of icebergs and found that there had been more than 40 similar tsunami events [from 2010-2020]. (reference #13918)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhongshan Station (China) | Antarctica | 6 | 0.58 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) |
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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 5970.