What the records say
- When
- 21 Jul 365
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 35.00° N, 23.00° E
- Deaths
- 5000
- Source quake magnitude
- 8
- Runups
- 11
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
365 Crete earthquake
Eastern Mediterranean natural disaster
The 365 Crete earthquake occurred at about sunrise on 21 July 365 in the Eastern Mediterranean, with an assumed epicentre near Crete. Geologists today estimate the undersea earthquake to have been a moment magnitude 8.5 or higher. It caused widespread destruction in the central and southern Diocese of Macedonia, Africa Proconsularis, Egypt, Cyprus, Sicily, and Hispania (Spain).
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page