History of Tsunami

Recent Tsunamis affecting Australia

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• 15 July 2009

List of past tsunami events around the world

Tsunamis through history

Destructive tsunamis have occurred in all of the world's oceans and seas. The following table lists some of the major tsunamis that have occurred up to 2000, along with the cause and the estimated number of deaths. For information on tsunamis after 2000, please visit the International Tsunami database. More information can be found on some of the tsunamis listed below.

Major Historical Tsunamis

Date	Place	Description	Estimated Deaths
July 21, AD 365	Alexandria	Generated by earthquake	50,000 +
June 7, 1692	Port Royal, Jamaica	Generated by earthquake	Thousands
1707	Japan	Generated by earthquake	30,000
November 1, 1755	Lisbon, Portugal	Waves 6-15 m high generated by earthquake	10,000-60,000
August 8, 1868	Arica, Chile	15 m wave generated by earthquake	Thousands
August 26-27, 1883	Krakatoa, Indonesia	Generated by eruption of volcano	36,000
June 15, 1896	Honshu, Japan	30 m wave generated by earthquake; destroyed 280 km coastline	27,122
December 28, 1908	Messina in Sicily and Italian coastal cities	Earthquake and 8 m wave	120,000
September 1, 1923	Sagami Bay, Kanto Plain, Atami and Nebukawa, Japan	Earthquake, fire, mudslide and 11 m wave	145,000
November 18, 1929	Grand Banks, Newfoundland	Triggered by a sub-marine landslide and earthquake	29
March 3, 1933	Sanriku, Japan	Generated by earthquake	2,990
April 1, 1946	Hilo, Hawaii and Aleutian Islands, Alaska	Generated by earthquake on Unimak Island, Alaska, creating waves up to 35 m high	165
November 4, 1952	Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia	Triggered by earthquake	Property damage, no human lives were lost
March 9, 1957	Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Also Hawaii	Triggered by earthquake south of the Andreanof Islands	Thanks to a timely alarm from the International Pacific Tsunami Warning Center at Honolulu, no human lives were lost
July 9, 1958	Lituya Bay, Alaska	Earthquake caused huge slab of ice and rock to fall off nearby glacier into bay; giant splash formed tsunami	3
May 1960	Chile	Generated by a series of earthquakes	2,300
May 1960	Hilo, Hawaii	Generated by a series of earthquakes (same as Chile on the same date)	61
March 28, 1964	Prince William Sound, Alaska	An earthquake and subsequent landslides generated a series of tsunamis, the highest reaching close to 30 m	130
November 29, 1975	Island of Hawaii	Earthquake off the coast of the Island of Hawaii generated waves between 2 m and 15 m high	2
August 17, 1976	Mindanao, Philippines	Generated by earthquake	8,000
July 18, 1979	Lomblem Island, Indonesia	2 m wave generated by volcano collapse	539
October 16, 1979	Nice, France	Undersea landslides generated 2 tsunamis one week apart	23
September 1, 1992	Nicaragua	Earthquake caused series of waves 11 m high	170
December 12, 1992	Flores Island & Babi Island	Series of tsunamis, generated by earthquake. Waves ranging from 5 m to 25 m high, depending where they hit.	1690 (Flores) 263 (Babi)
July 12, 1993	Island of Okushiri, Japan	Underwater earthquake generated waves 5 to 30 m high	200 +
June 3, 1994	Eastern Java, Indonesia	Earthquakes caused series of waves more than 60 m high	223
November 11, 1994	Mindoro Island	Generated by earthquake. Waves 7 m high	70
October 9, 1995	Jalisco, Mexico	Generated by earthquake. Waves 11 m high	1
January 1, 1996	Minahassa Peninsula, area of Sulawesi	Generated by earthquake. Waves 4 m high	24
February 17, 1996	Biak, Irian Java	Generated by earthquake. Waves ranging from 5 to 10 m high	161
February 21, 1996	North Coast of Peru	Generated by earthquake. Waves 5 m high	12
July 17, 1998	Papua - New Guinea	Generated by earthquake. Waves ranging from 7 m to 15 m high	3,000
September 15th, 1999	Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands	Generated by landslide. Two waves 5 m high	Property damage, no human lives were lost

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