48Tsunamis

Tsunamis in Ecuador

Tsunamis that reached the coasts in Ecuador: 48 events and 245 recorded places; the highest wave 6.1 m; 4 deaths on these coasts.

48Tsunamis

245Places the wave reached

6.1 mHighest wave

4Deaths

Where it started and where the wave arrived

Tsunamis in Ecuador

< 0,5 m0,5–2 m2–5 m5–10 m≥ 10 m

Every tsunami

Date	Cause	Places the wave reached	Highest wave	Deaths
29 July 2025off Russia	earthquake	8	1 m
25 April 2025off Ecuador	earthquake	1	0.4 m
19 September 2022Mexico	earthquake	2	0.1 m
15 January 2022off Tonga	volcanic eruption	3	0.8 m
4 March 2021off New Zealand	earthquake	3	0.5 m
4 March 2021off New Zealand	earthquake	1	0.2 m
8 September 2017off Mexico	earthquake	3	0.3 m
16 April 2016Ecuador	earthquake	5	0.6 m
16 September 2015off Chile	earthquake	3	0.6 m
1 April 2014off Chile	earthquake	2	0.6 m
6 February 2013off Solomon Islands	earthquake	2	0.2 m
7 November 2012off Guatemala	earthquake	1	0.1 m
5 September 2012Costa Rica	earthquake	2	0.2 m
27 August 2012off El Salvador	earthquake	3	0.4 m
6 July 2011off New Zealand	earthquake	2	0.2 m
11 March 2011off Japan	earthquake	151	6.1 m
27 February 2010off Chile	earthquake	7	0.5 m
29 September 2009off Samoa	earthquake	1	0.1 m
19 March 2009off Tonga	earthquake	3	0.1 m
15 August 2007off Peru	earthquake	1	0.3 m
15 November 2006off Russia	earthquake	2	0.3 m
26 December 2004off Indonesia	earthquake	1	0.2 m
23 June 2001off Peru	earthquake	2	0.5 m
10 June 1996off the United States	earthquake	1	0 m
21 February 1996off Peru	earthquake	1	0.2 m
25 February 1996off Mexico	earthquake	1	0.1 m
9 October 1995Mexico	earthquake	1	0 m
2 September 1992off Nicaragua	earthquake	2	0.6 m
7 May 1986off the United States	earthquake	2	0.1 m
19 September 1985Mexico	earthquake	2	0.3 m
3 March 1985Chile	earthquake	1	0.2 m
12 December 1979off Colombia	earthquake	2	0.8 m
29 November 1975United States	earthquake and landslide	1	0.2 m
11 August 1969off Russia	earthquake	1	–
28 December 1966off Chile	earthquake	1	0.1 m
17 October 1966off Peru	earthquake	2	0.3 m
4 February 1965off the United States	earthquake	1	0.2 m
28 March 1964United States	earthquake and landslide	2	0.6 m
12 March 1962off Panama	earthquake	1	0.1 m
22 May 1960Chile	earthquake	2	1 m
19 January 1958off Ecuador	earthquake	2	–	4
9 March 1957off the United States	earthquake	1	0.5 m
12 December 1953off Peru	earthquake	1	0.2 m
4 November 1952off Russia	earthquake	1	1.9 m
4 March 1952off Japan	earthquake	1	0.1 m
2 October 1933off Ecuador	earthquake	1	–
31 January 1906Ecuador	earthquake	4	0.8 m
11 October 1877off Colombia	earthquake	1	–