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Tsunami Date
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Volcano
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Comments
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1638 BC
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Santorini (Greece)
|
Waves 50 m. Destroyed population
on Crete. |
|
79
|
Vesuvius (Italy)
|
Caused by caldera collapse. |
|
1640
|
Komaga-take (Japan)
|
Caused by volcanic earthquake. |
|
1660
|
Long Island (Papua New Guinea)
|
Deaths from tsunami. |
|
1693
|
Hekla (Iceland)
|
Tsunami caused by volcanic earthquake. |
|
1715
|
Taal (Philippines)
|
Tsunami caused by base surge. |
|
1741
|
Oshima-Oshima (Japan)
|
Mag 6.9 volcanic earthquake caused
tsunami. |
|
1749
|
Taal (Philippines)
|
Tsunami caused by base surge. |
|
1754
|
Taal (Philippines)
|
Tsunami caused by volcanic earthquake. |
|
1780
|
Sakura-jima (Japan)
|
Wave 6 m. |
|
1792
|
Unzen (Japan)
|
Waves 55 m. Caused by avalanche.
Over 10,000 killed. |
|
1815
|
Tambora (Indonesia)
|
Waves over 10 m. Caused by pyroclastic
flows. Over 10,000 killed. |
|
1827
|
Avachinsky (Russia)
|
Tsunami caused by volcanic earthquake. |
|
1845
|
Soputan (Indonesia)
|
Tsunami caused by volcanic
earthquake. |
|
1871
|
Ruang (Indonesia)
|
Wave 26 m. Caused by pyroclastic
flow. |
|
1878
|
Yasur (Vanuatu)
|
Wave 16 m. Caused by volcanic earthquake. |
|
1878
|
Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)
|
Wave 4 m. |
|
1878
|
Okmok (Alaska)
|
Caused by volcanic earthquake. |
|
1883
|
Augustine (Alaska)
|
Waves 9 m. Caused by avalanche. |
|
1883
|
Krakatoa (Indonesia)
|
Waves 40 m. lethal volcanic tsunami
on record with 36,000 killed. |
|
1888
|
Ritter (Papua New Guniea)
|
Waves 12 m. Casued by avalanche.
Many killed. |
|
1889
|
Banua Wuhu (Indonesia)
|
Tsunami caused by volcanic earthquake. |
|
1889
|
Banua Wuhu (Indonesia)
|
Unknown wave height. |
|
1892
|
Awu (Japan)
|
Pyroclastic flow generated tsunami. |
|
1902
|
St Vincent (Caribbean)
|
Pyroclastic flow generated tsunami. |
|
1902
|
Pelee (Caribbean)
|
Pyroclastic flow generated tsunami. |
|
1906-07
|
Savai'i (Samoa)
|
Tsunamis caused by lava entering
the sea. |
|
1911
|
Taal (Philippines)
|
Tsunami caused by base surge. |
|
1913
|
Ambrym (Vanuatu)
|
Underwater eruption. |
|
1913
|
Taal (Philippines)
|
Unknown wave height. |
|
1915
|
Bayonnaise Rocks (Myojin Reef)
Japan
|
Unknown wave height. |
|
1928
|
Paluweh (Indonesia)
|
Waves 10 m. Caused by avalanche.
150 killed. |
|
1929
|
Anak Krakatau (Indonesia)
|
Wave 4 m. |
|
1930
|
Stromboli (Italy)
|
Wave 2 m. Caused by volcanic earthquake
and landslide. |
|
1933
|
Severgin (Kurile Islands)
|
Waves 10 m. Caused by volcanic earthquakes. |
|
1937
|
Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)
|
Wave over 4 m, caused by volcanic
earthquake. |
|
1951
|
Kavachi (Solomon Islands)
|
Unknown wave height. |
|
1952
|
Bayonnaise Rocks (Myojin Reef)
Japan
|
Submarine eruption. Wave 2 m. |
|
1953
|
Tuluman (Papua New Guinea)
|
Small wave. |
|
1956
|
Bezymianny (Russia)
|
Tsunami caused by shockwave. |
|
1965
|
Taal (Philippines)
|
Tsunami caused by base surge. |
|
1969
|
Didicas (Philippines)
|
Three killed. |
|
1971
|
Tinakula (Solomon Islands)
|
Unknown wave height. |
|
1972
|
Ritter (Papua New Guniea)
|
Subsidence. Small tsunamis. |
|
1974
|
Ritter (Papua New Guniea)
|
Subsidence. Small tsunamis. |
|
1979
|
Illiwerung (Indonesia)
|
Waves 9 m. Caused by avalanche. Over
500 killed. |
|
1980's
|
Ruapehu (New Zealand)
|
Wave < 2 m. |
|
1980
|
St Helens (USA)
|
Waves 260 m. Caused by avalanche
into lake. |
|
1983
|
Illiwerung (Indonesia)
|
Submarine eruption. Some deaths. |
|
1986
|
Nyos (Cameroon)
|
Waves 75 m. Caused by underwater
eruption of CO2. |
|
1988
|
Vulcano (Italy)
|
Waves 5.5 m. Caused by avalanche. |
|
1994
|
Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)
|
Wave 1.2 m. Caused by pyroclastic
flow. |
|
1996
|
Karymsky (Russia)
|
Waves 30 m. Caused by phreatomagmatic
eruption. |
|
1997
|
Soufriere Hills (Montserrat)
|
Waves 3 m. Caused by volcanic debris
slide. |
|
2002
|
Stromboli (Italy)
|
Landslide. |
|
Various years
|
Kick 'em Jenny (Caribbean)
|
Waves 5 m. Caused by underwater eruption. |
|
Undated
|
Augustine (Alaska)
|
Pyroclastic flow generated tsunami. |
