Tsunamis of Mexico
Every tsunami NOAA records that began in or off Mexico, oldest to newest.
Mexico’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
- 84
- Probable or definite
- 53
- Deaths counted
- 12,571
The deadliest
- September 19, 1985, Mexico
- May 31, 1818, Central Mexico
- June 3, 1932, Central Mexico
- September 8, 2017, S. Mexico
- April 15, 1941, Mexico
- June 22, 1932, Central Mexico
- July 28, 1957, S. Mexico
- January 30, 1973, S. Mexico
- May 3, 1887, N. Mexico
- October 9, 1995, S. Mexico
- January 22, 2003, S. Mexico
- May 11, 1870, Puerto Angel, Mexico
- September 25, 1968, S. Mexico-Guatemala-Nicaragua
- November 5, 2007, Juan DE Grijalva, Chiapas, Mexico
- August 2, 1968, Acapulco, Mexico
Every event
Newest first.
- July 17, 2026, S. Mexico
- January 2, 2026, Acapulco, Mexico
- November 24, 2025, Off Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico
- August 26, 2025, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
- September 22, 2022, S. Mexico
- September 19, 2022, Mexico
- May 25, 2022, S. Mexico
- September 8, 2021, S. Mexico
- June 23, 2020, Off Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico
- September 8, 2017, S. Mexico
- April 18, 2014, S. Mexico
- April 22, 2013, Mexico
- March 20, 2012, S. Mexico
- November 5, 2007, Juan DE Grijalva, Chiapas, Mexico
- January 22, 2003, S. Mexico
- April 18, 2002, S. Mexico
- February 25, 1996, Mexico
- October 9, 1995, S. Mexico
- September 14, 1995, S. Mexico
- September 21, 1985, Mexico
- September 19, 1985, Mexico
- October 25, 1981, Mexico
- March 14, 1979, S. Mexico
- November 29, 1978, Mexico
- January 30, 1973, S. Mexico
- September 25, 1968, S. Mexico-Guatemala-Nicaragua
- August 2, 1968, Acapulco, Mexico
- August 23, 1965, Mexico
- May 19, 1962, S. Mexico
- May 11, 1962, S. Mexico
- July 28, 1957, S. Mexico
- December 14, 1950, S. Mexico
- December 4, 1948, Mexico
- April 15, 1941, Mexico
- November 30, 1934, Mexico
- May 8, 1933, Mexico
- February 20, 1933, Mexico
- June 29, 1932, S. Mexico
- June 22, 1932, Central Mexico
- June 18, 1932, Central Mexico
- June 3, 1932, Central Mexico
- June 17, 1928, S. Mexico
- March 22, 1928, Mexico
- September 6, 1927, Mexico
- November 16, 1925, S. Mexico
- May 4, 1925, Mexico
- June 7, 1911, Mexico
- July 30, 1909, S. Mexico
- April 14, 1907, S. Mexico
- January 1905, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico
- July 16, 1903, S. Mexico
- August 16, 1902, Mexico
- May 16, 1900, Mexico
- January 20, 1900, Mexico
- June 20, 1897, S. Mexico
- May 10, 1894, Off West Coast, Mexico
- July 30, 1891, N. Mexico
- May 3, 1887, N. Mexico
- March 12, 1883, S. Mexico
- March 9, 1875, Central Mexico
- February 24, 1875, S. Mexico
- February 7, 1871, S. Mexico
- May 11, 1870, Puerto Angel, Mexico
- August 12, 1868, S. Mexico
- May 25, 1868, S. Mexico
- March 17, 1860, S. Mexico
- December 4, 1854, S. Mexico
- December 4, 1852, S. Mexico
- November 29, 1852, N. Mexico
- April 7, 1845, S. Mexico
- October 18, 1837, Mexico City
- August 9, 1837, Acapulco, Mexico
- March 14, 1834, S. Mexico
- March 10, 1833, S. Mexico
- May 4, 1820, S. Mexico
- May 31, 1818, Central Mexico
- November 14, 1816, Central Mexico
- August 27, 1810, Mexico
- April 3, 1787, San Marcos, Mexico
- March 28, 1787, San Marcos, Mexico
- March 28, 1784, S. Mexico
- September 1, 1754, S. Mexico
- February 25, 1732, S. Mexico
- 1537, S. Mexico
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.