Explore significant tsunami events from around the world, including warnings, observations, affected regions, and related seismic information. ArxModern organizes source-based tsunami coverage into clear event-focused pages and updates existing information when reliable data changes.
On May 7, 1842 CE, a major earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.1 generated a deadly tsunami observed at Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, producing a recorded maximum water height of 5.0 meters.
Examine the historical record, measurements, and impacts of the destructive tsunami that struck central Chile on February 20, 1835.
Examine the historical record, measurements, and impacts of the December 29, 1820 tsunami in the Flores Sea, Indonesia, based on the NOAA/NCEI Global Historical Tsunami Database.
Examine the historical record, maximum water heights, and recorded fatalities of the April 10, 1815 tsunami at Tambora, Indonesia, according to NOAA/NCEI records.
Examine the official historical record of the May 21, 1792 tsunami in Shimabara Bay, Kyushu Island, Japan, including wave heights, associated earthquake magnitude, and human impacts.
Examine the historical record and measurements for the August 6, 1788 tsunami in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska, featuring a recorded maximum water height of 88 meters.
Examine the historical record, measurements, and associated earthquake data for the July 21, 1788 tsunami on the Alaska Peninsula, AK.
Examine the historical record, measurements, and impacts of the April 24, 1771 tsunami in the Ryukyu Islands according to the NOAA/NCEI Global Historical Tsunami Database.
Examine the historical record, earthquake association, and maximum water height of the 1759 tsunami at Akko, Israel, based on the NOAA/NCEI global database.
Examine the historical record and measurements of the November 1, 1755 tsunami at Lisbon, Portugal, sourced from the NOAA/NCEI Global Historical Tsunami Database.