Table 1 - Some selected tsunamis of Alaska

Date	Cause	Run-up(m)	Comments
16/10/1737	Earthquake	12-15	Driftwood deposited by the tsunami
06/08/1788	Earthquake	up to 88	Many drowned
1853/1854	Landslide	120	Many drowned
06/10/1883	Volcano	9.1	Houses flooded and ships grounded
04/07/1905	Landslide	35	Erosion of land surface
27/10/1936	Landslide	150	50 barrels of salmon destroyed
10/07/1958	Earthquake/Landslide	525	10 sq.km of forest washed away
28/03/1964	Earthquake/Landslides	67.1	US$311 million damage

From the information contained within Table 1 it can be seen that very significant tsunamis are known to have impacted the coastline of Alaska during the last 250 years of history. For example the tsunami that occurred within Lituya Bay in 1958 had a run-up recorded at 525 m above sea level. Since the tsunami history for the region is likely to be incomplete, it is possible that larger, more destructive events have gone unrecorded during this period or in the period prior to European occupation.