Tsunamis of US Territories
Every tsunami NOAA records that began in or off US Territories, oldest to newest.
US Territories’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
- 27
- Probable or definite
- 13
- Deaths counted
- 175
The deadliest
Every event
Newest first.
- January 7, 2020, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- August 13, 2010, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories
- May 29, 2010, South of Sarigan Is, N. Mariana Is, US Territories
- August 8, 1993, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories
- April 5, 1990, Mariana Trench, N. Mariana Islands, US Territories
- November 1, 1989, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- December 4, 1967, Northern Coast of Puerto Rico, US Territories
- August 17, 1952, Desecheo Island, US Territories
- December 2, 1951, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- August 1920, Pago Pago, American Samoa, US Territories
- October 25, 1918, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- October 11, 1918, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- February 11, 1915, Manua Islands, American Samoa, US Territories
- December 9, 1909, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories
- February 10, 1903, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories
- May 16, 1892, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories
- March 1882, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- March 11, 1874, Virgin Islands, US Territories
- March 17, 1868, Virgin Islands, US Territories
- November 18, 1867, Virgin Islands, US Territories
- September 12, 1866, Manua Islands, American Samoa, US Territories
- January 25, 1849, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories
- August 2, 1837, Virgin Islands, US Territories
- April 1825, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories
- 1819, Asuncion Island, N. Mariana Islands, US Territories
- 1809, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories
- 1767, Guam, Mariana Islands, US Territories
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.