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This article lists notable historical tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that the tsunami occurred, the earthquake that generated it, or both.

Highest or tallest

 * The tallest tsunami ever recorded is the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, which had a record height of 524 m.
 * The only other recent megatsunamis are the 1980 Spirit Lake megatsunami, which measured 260 m tall and the 1963 Vajont Dam megatsunami which had an initial height of 250 m.

Deadliest
The deadliest tsunami in recorded history was the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed almost 230,000 people in eleven countries. The 365 AD Mediterranean tsunami's death toll may have been much higher.

Other historical tsunamis
Other tsunamis that have occurred include the following:
 * ca. 500 BC: Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu, India, Maldives
 * 1541: a tsunami struck the earliest European settlement in Brazil, São Vicente. There is no record of deaths or injuries, but the town was almost completely destroyed.

North America and the Caribbean

 * 1690 – Nevis
 * 14 November 1840 – Great Swell on the Delaware River
 * 18 November 1867 – Virgin Islands
 * 17 November 1872 – Maine
 * 11 October 1918 – Puerto Rico
 * 9 January 1926 – Maine
 * 4 August 1946 – Dominican Republic
 * 18 August 1946 – Dominican Republic

Possible

 * 35 million years ago – Chesapeake Bay impact crater, Chesapeake Bay
 * 9 June 1913 – Longport, NJ
 * 6 August 1923 – Rockaway Park, Queens, NY.
 * 8 August 1924 – Coney Island, NY.
 * 19 August 1931 – Atlantic City, NJ
 * 22 June 1932 – Cuyutlán, Colima, Mexico
 * 19 May 1964 – Northeast USA
 * 4 July 1992 – Daytona Beach, FL

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Forecast Office,

Europe

 * 7000–6000 BC – identiﬁed near the Guincho Beach, Lisbon. It corresponds to a series of giant boulders and cobbles, located 14 m above mean sea level.
 * 6100 BC – Storegga Slide, Norway – The Storegga slide generated a huge tsunami that washed through the North Atlantic Ocean, hitting Norway, Iceland and the east coast of Scotland, where it reached a height of 21 metres, and even washed over some of the Shetland Islands.
 * 5500–5300 BC – radiocarbon dating of a debris ﬂow on a core made offshore, close to Marques de Pombal fault related to the breakthrough of the Donana spit.
 * 4200 BC – based on the paleogeographic evolution of the Donana National Park.
 * 3600 BC – based on a debris ﬂow found in the Marques de Pombal fault.
 * 2700–2400 BC – large erosional episode in Punta Umbria that changed the drainage system.
 * 2300–2200 BC – identiﬁed on the Valedelagrana Spit Bar (Bay of Cádiz, Spain), with the input of coarse sands into tidal marsh deposits.
 * 60 BC – Portugal and Galicia tsunami, associated with a M=8.5 earthquake.
 * 382 AD – Cape St. Vincent tsunami, associated with a M=7.5 earthquake.
 * 26 January 1531 – Between 4 and 5 a.m., a strong shock was felt in Lisbon and along the Tagus Valley, causing approximately 1000 casualties (see 1531 Lisbon earthquake).
 * 11 January 1683 – An earthquake in Italy triggered a tsunami that killed more than 1000 people.
 * 6 February 1783 – An offshore earthquake in Southern Italy caused a tsunami that killed around 1500 people.
 * 20 September 1867 – An earthquake in Greece caused a tsunami that killed 12 people.
 * 11 September 1930 – Two people were killed by a tsunami in Italy, caused by an undersea earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale.
 * 9 July 1956 – An earthquake in Greece generated a tsunami that drowned 4 people.
 * 28 February 1969 – A submarine earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale, with its epicentre of the coast of Portugal, caused a tsunami that hit Northern Portugal, parts of Spain, and Morocco. No lives were lost.
 * 16 October 1979 – 8–23 people died when the coast of Nice, France, was hit by two tsunamis, caused by a landslide and an undersea landslide. The sea suddenly receded from the shore and returned in two huge waves, hitting a 60 mi-long coastal stretch. Hundreds of boats were overturned, and seven people constructing the new airport were drowned.
 * 13 December 1990 – Six people died when an undersea earthquake in Italy caused a tsunami.

Possible

 * The 1607 Bristol Channel floods, which were traditionally believed to be a massive storm surge, could possibly have been a tsunami, caused by an earthquake or landslide off the coast of Southern Ireland. There is some evidence suggesting it was a tsunami, but not enough to confirm. It was the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United Kingdom, and killed around 2000 people from Somerset to Cardiff.

Asia

 * 17 August 1999 – The 1999 İzmit earthquake in Northwest Turkey triggered a 2 metre high tsunami in the Sea of Marmara and reached the Asian shore of Turkey.