Please cite this data/database as:
National Geophysical Data Center / World Data System (NGDC/WDS) Global Historical Tsunami Database, Boulder, CO, USA. (Available at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/tsu_db.shtml)

NOAA/WDC Global Historical Tsunami Database at NGDC

The Global Historical Tsunami Database consists of two related files containing information on tsunami events from 2000 B.C. to the present in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; and the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas.

TSUNAMI SOURCE EVENT Search: information on the source of the tsunami.
Data include: source location, date, and time, event magnitude, maximum water height, total number of deaths, injuries and damage for the event.
- Advanced Tsunami Source Event Search
- More Advanced Tsunami Source Event Search (additional search fields for total number of deaths (earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, etc.)
NOTE: Some events do not have runup information; other events have many locations where a runup height was recorded

Download tsunami event data (tab-delimited); Event Variable Definitions
TSUNAMI RUNUP Search: information on locations where tsunami effects occurred.
Data include: arrival date and time, travel time, maximum water heights, horizontal inundation distances, deaths, injuries, and damage for specific locations.
- Advanced Tsunami Runup Search
Download tsunami runup data (tab-delimited); Runup Variable Definitions