1867 Keelung earthquake
The earthquake struck off the northern coast of Taiwan on the morning of 18 December. The tsunami that followed had a run-up exceeding 15 m and drowned hundreds, and it is described as the only confirmed widely destructive and deadly tsunami in Taiwan's recorded history.
- Date and time (UTC)
- 1867-12-18
- Highest recorded water height (m)
- 15
- Cause, as the catalogue records it
- earthquake
- Magnitude of the causing earthquake
- 7
- NCEI event page
- www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/967
Category: Disasters & Incidents
Tags: earthquake, taiwan, east china sea, keelung
Coordinates: 25.34, 121.91
Part of Tsunamis with waves of 15 metres or more from 1800 to 1899
More in Tsunamis with waves of 15 metres or more from 1800 to 1899
- 1854 Tōkai earthquake
- 1896 Sanriku earthquake
- 1871 Ruang eruption and tsunami
- 1820 Flores Sea earthquake and tsunami
- 1841 Kamchatka earthquake
- 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami
- 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes
- 1853 Lituya Bay landslide and tsunami
- 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami
- 1868 Arica earthquake
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