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2,329Tsunamis

Tsunami archive

2,329 tsunamis recorded since 1610 BC, from the Bronze Age to this year, with the 34,475 places where the wave was measured or seen: heights, deaths and damage.

2,329Tsunamis
33,872Places the wave reached
227,899Deaths · 26 December 2004
524.6 mHighest wave · 10 July 1958
Where it started and where the wave arrived
< 0.5 m0.5–2 m2–5 m5–10 m≥ 10 m

The deadliest tsunamis

50.9 m26 December 2004off Indonesia · 227,899 deaths18.3 m1 November 1755off Portugal · 50,000 deaths10 m22 May 1782off Taiwan · 40,000 deaths41 m27 August 1883off Indonesia · 34,417 deaths38.2 m15 June 1896off Japan · 27,122 deaths18 m13 August 1868off Peru · 25,000 deaths39.3 m11 March 2011off Japan · 18,423 deaths55 m21 May 1792Japan · 15,000 deaths

The highest waves

524.6 m10 July 1958United States · earthquake and landslide481 m10 August 2025United States · landslide250 m18 May 1980United States · volcano and landslide235 m9 October 1963Italy · landslide200 m16 September 2023Greenland · landslide193 m18 October 2015United States · landslide170 m1 September 2022Canada · landslide149.4 m27 October 1936United States · landslide

Latest tsunamis

–9 October 2026Panama–21 September 2026Pacific Ocean0.7 m24 August 2026Pacific Ocean2.9 m14 August 2026off Indonesia0.1 m5 August 2026off the Philippines0.4 m27 July 2026Pacific Ocean0.3 m17 July 2026off Mexico–16 July 2026Pacific Ocean

Countries reached

Japan 416United States 299Indonesia 186Chile 137Vanuatu 107Russia 104Australia 97Mexico 97Greece 96Canada 95New Zealand 93Italy 92Philippines 81Papua New Guinea 80Peru 77Samoa 62Solomon Islands 56France 55Ecuador 48Costa Rica 44Fiji 43Türkiye 40China 34Marshall Islands 34Tonga 33Micronesia 31Spain 30Taiwan 29El Salvador 26Portugal 21Kiribati 20United Kingdom 19India 19Venezuela 17Brazil 16Norway 16Egypt 15Panama 15Colombia 12Algeria 12South Korea 12Mauritius 12Tuvalu 12Dominican Republic 11Israel 11Sri Lanka 11Palau 11Albania 10Argentina 10Croatia 10Haiti 10Seychelles 10Guatemala 8Maldives 8South Africa 8Antigua and Barbuda 7Cuba 7Iran 7Morocco 7Nicaragua 7Nauru 7Oman 7Barbados 6Dominica 6Honduras 6Jamaica 6Ghana 5Kenya 5Myanmar 5Netherlands 5Pakistan 5Trinidad and Tobago 5Ukraine 5Uruguay 5Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5Vietnam 5Bangladesh 4Cyprus 4Grenada 4Ireland 4Lebanon 4Madagascar 4Malta 4Malaysia 4Bulgaria 3Georgia 3Saint Kitts and Nevis 3North Korea 3Saint Lucia 3Montenegro 3Palestine 3Syria 3Togo 3Thailand 3East Timor 3Tunisia 3Yemen 3Cameroon 2Cape Verde 2Denmark 2Finland 2Iceland 2Namibia 2Sweden 2Singapore 2Senegal 2Turkmenistan 2Tanzania 2United Arab Emirates 1Angola 1Azerbaijan 1Belize 1Democratic Republic of the Congo 1Germany 1Estonia 1Eritrea 1Guyana 1Jordan 1Comoros 1Libya 1Monaco 1Mozambique 1Poland 1Qatar 1Somalia 1

Recorded tsunamis by century

1500–159938
1600–169995
1700–1799151
1800–1899528
1900–1999923
2000–2099470

Every tsunami

2000–2099Panama · Pacific Ocean470
1900–1999off the Philippines · off Vanuatu923
1800–1899off Japan · off Japan528
1700–1799Japan · Peru151
1600–1699Italy · off Japan95
1500–1599Türkiye · off Japan38
1400–1499off Japan · off Japan20
1300–1399off Türkiye · Algeria14
1200–1299Albania · Albania9
1100–1199Italy · Italy5
1000–1099off Japan · off Japan11
900–999off Türkiye · Türkiye4
800–899off Japan · off Japan10
700–799Pacific Ocean · Japan9
600–699off Japan1
500–599Switzerland · off Türkiye9
400–499off Türkiye · off Indonesia2
300–399off Portugal · off Greece3
200–299Italy1
100–199Italy · off China6
0–99Italy · off Türkiye4
100 BC – 1 BCPacific Ocean · Bulgaria4
200 BC – 101 BCoff Israel1
300 BC – 201 BCoff Spain · off Greece2
400 BC – 301 BCIndia · off Greece2
500 BC – 401 BCGreece · off Greece2
600 BC – 501 BCLebanon · Lebanon2
800 BC – 701 BCPacific Ocean1
1300 BC – 1201 BCTürkiye1
1700 BC – 1601 BCoff Greece1