Tsunamis of Australia
Every tsunami NOAA records that began in or off Australia, oldest to newest.
Australia’s tsunamis on the map
At the source, colored by the highest water recorded. A ring is an event NCEI rates doubtful or questionable.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The record
- Events
- 59
- Probable or definite
- 22
- Deaths counted
- 9
The deadliest
Every event
Newest first.
- August 17, 2014, SW Australia
- January 7, 2013, Southwest Australia
- June 10, 2012, Southwest Australia
- March 22, 2010, Southwest Australia
- November 11, 2009, Southwest Australia
- January 8, 2008, Southwest Australia
- November 28, 2006, Southwest Australia
- October 23, 2006, Southwest Australia
- February 25, 2005, Southwest Australia
- December 23, 2004, Macquarie Island, Australia
- December 5, 2002, Southwest Australia
- October 17, 2002, Southwest Australia
- June 18, 2000, South Indian Ocean, Australia
- April 18, 1997, Norfolk Island, Australia
- May 23, 1989, Macquarie Island, Australia
- November 14, 1953, Tasmania, Australia
- February 6, 1938, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
- June 26, 1924, Macquarie Island, Australia
- October 22, 1922, Tasman Sea, Australia
- June 6, 1917, East Australia
- February 14, 1912, Northwest Australia
- April 12, 1910, Northern Australia
- January 31, 1907, Bass Strait, Australia
- April 19, 1906, Tasmania, Australia
- March 17, 1905, Gulf St. Vincent, Australia
- April 6, 1903, Southeast Australia
- September 19, 1902, Kangaroo Island, Australia
- January 17, 1899, Northern Australia
- May 22, 1896, Carnarvon Bay, Tasmania, Australia
- February 2, 1895, Newcastle, Australia
- January 26, 1892, Tasman Sea, Australia
- February 23, 1885, Cape Barren Island, Australia
- January 5, 1885, Geraldton, Australia
- February 7, 1883, Brisbane, Australia
- December 25, 1881, Tasmania, Australia
- September 23, 1880, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- May 15, 1879, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- October 13, 1878, St. Vincent Gulf, Australia
- August 5, 1875, Melbourne, Australia
- January 6, 1875, Southeast Australia
- October 13, 1874, Tasmania, Australia
- December 15, 1873, Southeast Australia
- May 18, 1871, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- May 9, 1871, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- January 27, 1871, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- August 12, 1870, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- December 20, 1869, Southeast Australia
- August 11, 1869, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- December 24, 1868, Southeast Australia
- June 18, 1868, Newcastle, Australia
- August 5, 1867, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- August 15, 1866, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- August 9, 1866, Sydney Harbor, Australia
- November 22, 1859, Tasmania, Australia
- January 31, 1858, Tasman Sea, Australia
- January 30, 1853, Tasmania, Australia
- December 31, 1852, Tasmania, Australia
- January 21, 1836, Tasmania, Australia
- May 8, 1805, Norfolk Island, Australia
By country
- Albania13
- Algeria16
- Antarctica8
- Antigua and Barbuda2
- Argentina6
- Atlantic Ocean4
- Australia59
- Azerbaijan5
- Baltic Sea1
- Bangladesh6
- Barbados3
- Brazil13
- Bulgaria4
- Cameroon2
- Canada36
- Chile169
- China44
- Colombia8
- Congo2
- Cook Islands4
- Costa Rica19
- Croatia18
- Cuba7
- Cyprus6
- Dead Sea1
- Denmark1
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic6
- East China Sea2
- Ecuador9
- Egypt5
- El Salvador8
- Eritrea1
- Fiji9
- Finland1
- France15
- French Polynesia5
- Georgia2
- Germany2
- Ghana3
- Greece189
- Greenland9
- Grenada2
- Guadeloupe8
- Guatemala9
- Haiti13
- Honduras7
- Iceland10
- India21
- Indonesia269
- Iran6
- Ireland1
- Irish Sea1
- Israel9
- Italy162
- Jamaica11
- Japan385
- Jordan2
- Kenya1
- Kermadec Islands4
- Korea1
- Lebanon6
- Marshall Islands1
- Martinique12
- Mexico84
- Micronesia6
- Montenegro4
- Montserrat5
- Morocco4
- Myanmar3
- Nauru1
- Nepal1
- Netherlands6
- New Caledonia25
- New Zealand92
- Nicaragua8
- North Korea3
- North Sea1
- Northwest Pacific Ocean2
- Norway33
- Pacific Ocean1
- Pakistan4
- Panama10
- Papua New Guinea82
- Peru77
- Philippines113
- Poland2
- Portugal43
- Romania3
- Russia112
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
- Samoa16
- Scotland1
- Senegal1
- Solomon Islands48
- South Africa4
- South Korea14
- Spain19
- Sri Lanka2
- Sudan1
- Sweden3
- Switzerland4
- Syria8
- Taiwan29
- Togo3
- Tonga23
- Trinidad and Tobago4
- Tunisia2
- Turkey77
- Turkmenistan3
- UK Territories5
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom52
- United States288
- Uruguay4
- US Territories27
- Vanuatu53
- Venezuela28
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
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.