Tsunamis of United Kingdom
Every tsunami NOAA records that began in or off United Kingdom, oldest to newest.
United Kingdom’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
- 52
- Probable or definite
- 10
- Deaths counted
- 2,069
The deadliest
Every event
Newest first.
- June 27, 2011, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
- May 28, 2008, East Scotland, United Kingdom
- February 13, 1979, SW Great Britain, United Kingdom
- July 31, 1966, SW Great Britain, United Kingdom
- May 17, 1964, West England, United Kingdom
- July 6, 1957, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
- July 5, 1939, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- August 5, 1938, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- August 2, 1932, Aberavon, Wales, United Kingdom
- June 7, 1931, Dogger Bank, England, United Kingdom
- July 20, 1929, South England, United Kingdom
- July 30, 1926, English Channel, United Kingdom
- December 31, 1911, Folkstone, England, United Kingdom
- December 16, 1910, SW England, United Kingdom
- August 18, 1892, SW England, United Kingdom
- April 22, 1884, Southern England, United Kingdom
- October 17, 1883, SW England, United Kingdom
- September 29, 1869, SW England, United Kingdom
- April 23, 1868, SW England, United Kingdom
- October 4, 1859, SW England, United Kingdom
- June 25, 1859, SW England, United Kingdom
- June 5, 1858, North Sea, United Kingdom
- June 6, 1855, Penzance, England, United Kingdom
- July 7, 1848, Bristol Channel, England, United Kingdom
- May 23, 1847, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
- August 1, 1846, Penzance, England, United Kingdom
- July 5, 1846, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
- July 5, 1843, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
- November 23, 1824, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- May 31, 1811, Southwest England, United Kingdom
- August 10, 1802, SW England, United Kingdom
- August 18, 1797, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- July 17, 1793, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
- November 28, 1767, London, England, United Kingdom
- February 11, 1764, Bristol, England, United Kingdom
- September 18, 1763, Weymouth, England, United Kingdom
- September 27, 1762, The Thames, England, United Kingdom
- August 14, 1761, Guernsey, English Channel, United Kingdom
- July 28, 1761, Mount'S Bay, England, United Kingdom
- May 31, 1759, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- July 15, 1757, Scilly Islands, England, United Kingdom
- February 27, 1756, Ilfracombe, England, United Kingdom
- November 5, 1755, River Tees, England, United Kingdom
- February 17, 1750, Southwest Scotland, United Kingdom
- July 2, 1749, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
- 1700, Southwest Scotland, United Kingdom
- January 19, 1609, England, United Kingdom
- January 30, 1607, Bristol Channel, England, United Kingdom
- April 6, 1580, Dover Straits, England, United Kingdom
- November 11, 1099, West Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
- October 24, 842, Channel Islands, England, United Kingdom
- October 720, Hebrides (Scotland), United Kingdom
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.