Tsunamis of Pakistan

4 events with their source in Pakistan

Every tsunami NOAA records that began in or off Pakistan, oldest to newest.

Pakistan’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: 4
Probable or definite: 2
Deaths counted: 66,425

The deadliest

May 30, 1935, Quetta, PakistanM7.5 · 60,000 deaths · $25 million
December 28, 1974, PakistanM6.2 · 5,300 deaths · $3.3 million
September 24, 2013, Off Coast Gwadar, Pakistan0.57 m · M7.7 · 825 deaths · $100 million · 32,638 houses destroyed · 15 runups
November 27, 1945, Makran Coast, Pakistan17 m · M8 · 300 deaths · $25 million · 58 runups

Every event

Newest first.

By country

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.