December 4, 2022 Tsunami: Stromboli Island, Italy
A tsunami caused by a volcano began at Stromboli Island, Italy on December 4, 2022. The water rose as high as 0.75 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
- December 4, 2022
- Source
- Stromboli Island, Italy
- Cause
- Volcano
- Volcano
- The eruption that caused it
- Maximum water height
- 0.75 m (2.5 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 3
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Definite tsunami
- Source location
- 38.789° N, 15.213° 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.
Ref #13386 states that the data from the cameras and instruments that detected phenomenon show that the tsunami was generated by the impact on the sea surface from a rather intense pyroclastic flow, similar to the one that occurred in early October (but more intense).
Ref #13390 states that on the afternoon of 4 December 2022, some volcanic events occurred involving the crater area of Stromboli and the Sciara del Fuoco and which have no direct relationship with the seismic event of magnitude ML 4.6 recorded at 8:12 local time with epicenter located southwest of the island of Vulcano. At 14:10 UTC a lava overflow and a concomitant intense explosive activity started both from the northern crater area [...] The pyroclastic flows generated, which spread along the Sciara del Fuoco, gave rise to a large amount of ash and, once they reached the coast, generated an anomaly in the sea level which was recorded by the MEDE observation system.
Ref #13744: On 4 December 2022 for the first time an alert was automatically triggered by a tsunami 1.5m(peak-to-peak) high induced by a pyroclastic flow originated by the partial collapse of the northern part of the crater sector
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punta del Corvo, Stromboli Island | Italy | 2 | 0.75 | Deep ocean gauge (half the maximum wave height) | |||
| Ginostra, Stromboli Island | Italy | 2 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | ||||
| Punta Labronzo, Stromboli Island | Italy | 3 | 0.75 | Deep ocean 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 5868.