Table 1 Tsunamis with runup of 50 m or greater in the past century.

Year	Location	Water body	Cause	Latitude	Longitude	Max runup (m)
1958	Lituya Bay, Alaska, USA	Fjord	Subaerial landslide	58.672	−137.526	524
1980	Spirit Lake, WA, USA	Lake	Volcanic landslide	46.273	−122.135	250
1963	Casso, Italy	Reservoir	Subaerial landslide	46.272	12.331	235
2015	Taan Fiord, Alaska, USA	Fjord	Subaerial landslide	60.2	−141.1	193
1936	Lituya Bay, Alaska, USA	Fjord	Subaerial landslide	58.64	−137.57	149
2017	Nuugaatsiaq, Greenland	Fjord	Subaerial landslide	71.8	−52.5	90
1936	Nesodden, Norway	Fjord	Subaerial landslide	61.87	6.851	74
1964	Cliff Mine, Alaska, USA	Fjord	Delta-front failure	61.125	−146.5	67
1934	Tafjord, Norway	Fjord	Subaerial landslide	62.27	7.39	62
1965	Lago Cabrera, Chile	Lake	Subaerial landslide	−41.8666	−72.4635	60
1967	Grewingk Lake, Alaska, USA	Lake	Subaerial landslide	59.6	−151.1	60
1946	Mt. Colonel Foster, BC, Canada	Lake	Subaerial landslide	49.758	−125.85	51
2004	Labuhan, Indonesia	Open coast	Earthquake displacement	5.429	95.234	51
2000	Paatuut, Greenland	Fjord	Subaerial landslide	70.25	−52.75	50

10 out of 14 tsunamis resulted from subaerial landslides into fjords or lakes in glaciated mountains. Other cases have diverse causes: volcanic eruption (1980), landslide into artificial reservoir (1963), subaqueous delta failure (1964), and earthquake displacement (2004). (Data modified from⁵³).

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