What the records say
- When
- 479 BCE
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 39.70° N, 23.30° E
- Source quake magnitude
- 7
- Runups
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
479 BC Potidaea earthquake
First historically recorded tsunami
The 479 BC Potidaea tsunami is the oldest record of a paleotsunami in human history. The tsunami is believed to have been triggered by a Ms 7.0 earthquake in the north Aegean Sea. The associated tsunami may have saved the colony of Potidaea from an invasion by Persians from the Achaemenid Empire.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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