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Tsunami catalogue of the eastern and western Hellenic Arc and Trench.

Key: ID= identification number, YY=year, MM=month, DD=day, hh=hour, mm=minute, ss= second, Rel= reliability of the time of occurrence,
Region M1=Greece and adjacent regions as defined in the European Tsunami Catalogue, Lat= north latitude,
Long= east longitude (both in degrees and minutes), Rel= accuracy of the location in minutes, I= seismic intensity in MM,
M= surface-wave magnitute, H= focal depth (in km), n= shallow event (when the tsunami was due to an earthquake event),
Runup= maximum vertical tsunami run-up reported (in cm), k= tsunami intensity (in Sieberg-Ambraseys 6-grade scale), ),
K= tsunami intensity (in Papadopoulos-Imamura 12-grade scale), Rel =reliability of the tsunami event,
TM= tsunami magnitude (in the Murty - Loomis scale),
Y / N= an indication on whether the tsunami paremeters were revised (Y) or not (N) with respect to previous catalogues.
The reliability of the time of occurrence is measured in units of the last entry of the time of occurrence
(e.g. in years for the event number 1, in months for the event number 9, in days for the event number 10, hours for the event number 5, etc.).
The genesis causes classification are those adopted by the GITEC group:
ER= submarine earthquake, EA= earthquake-associated, EL= earthquake landslide, ES= earthquake marine slide, GS= gravitative marine slide.
For the reliability of the tsunami events a modified version of the tsunami reliability scale of Iida (1984) was adopted
(0=very improbable tsunami, 1=improbable tsunami, 2=questionable tsunami, 3=probable tsunami, 4=definite tsunami).

Some additional symbol explanation is needed: (+) after a particular value means “equal to or larger than”; (-)after a particular value means “equal to or less than” 





ID YY MM DD hh mm ss Rel
Region S u b r e g i o n
S h o r t D e s c r i p t i o n

k Rel Rev






Cause
Lat Long Rel
I M H
VEI
Runup
K
TM

1 -1628 100 M1 South Aegean Sea Large wave in South Aegean 6 4 Y

          VO 36 24 25 24 0       6   10    
2 -227 2 M1 Rhodes Is. Sea-wave in Rhodes   ? 1 Y

          ER 36 36 28 15 27 9 7,5 n     ?    
3 66 spring     4 M1 South Crete Is.   Large sea withdrawal         3 4 Y

          ER 35 00 24 42 27 8(+) 6.0(+) n     5    
4 148       7 M1 Rhodes Is.   Destructive sea inundation         3 3 Y

          ER 36 24 28 20 27 9 7,0 n     6    
5 262 0 M1 South Asia Minor Sea inundation ? 1 Y

          ER 36 30 27 48 27           ?    
6 365 7 21 Night 0 M1 West Crete Is.   Destructive sea inundation         5 4 Y

          ER 35 12 23 12 27 10 8,0 n     10    
7 556       2 M1 Cos Is.             4 3 Y

          ER 36 48 27 18 27 10 7,0 n     8    
8 800       4 M1 Kythira Strait   Destructive wave in Kythira         4 2 Y

          ER 35 30 23 00 27   7,5       6    
9 1303 8 8 6 24 M1 Crete - Dodecanese Is.   Destructive inundation         5 4 Y

          ER 35 00 27 00 27 10 8,0 n     10    
10 1481 5 3 Night 0 M1 Rhodes Is.   Damaging wave in Rhodes         5 4 Y

          ER 36 30 28 20 27 7 6,5 n   300 8    
11 1489       0 M1 Dodecanese Is.   Strong withdrawal         ? 2 Y

          ER ? 27           ?    
12 1494 7 1   2 M1 Heraklion, Crete Is.   Strong waves in Heraklion         3 4 Y

          ER 35 30 25 30 27 8 7,0 n     5    
13 1570       1 M1 Cos Is.   Cos Is. sunk into the sea         ? 1 Y

          ER ?             ?    
14 1609 4     1 M1 Rhodes Is.   Very strong wave in Rhodes and Dalaman         5 3 Y

          ER 36 24 28 20   9 7,2 n     8    
15 1612 11 8   5 M1 Heraklion, Crete Is.   Damaging inundation         4 3 N

          ER 35 30 25 12 27 8 7,0 n     8    
16 1630 3 9   1 M1 Kythira Strait   Strong tsunami waves         3 4 Y

          ER 36 00 24 00 27 8(+) 6.8(+) n     5    
17 1633 11 5   0 M1 Zakynthos Is., Ionian Sea   Strong inundation in Zante         3 3 Y

          ER 37 43 20 52 11 9 7,0 n     5    
18 1650 10 11 15 2 M1 South Aegean Sea Large distructive wave 6 2,7 Y

VO 36 30 25 30 1 8 6,5 3 2000 10 1  
19 1672 2 14   0 M1 Cos Is.   Sea-wave in Cos         ? 2 N

          ER ?             ?    
20 1681 2 12   1 M1 Chania, Crete Is.   Sea-quakes           1 Y

          ER 35 42 24 00 11 8 6,8 n          
21 1741 1 31 01 15 60 M1 Rhodes Is.   Very strong wave in Rhodes region         5 4 Y

          ER 36 12 28 30   8 7,3 n     8    
22 1741 2     1 M1 Heraklion, Crete Is.   Tsunami in the harbour of Heraklion         3 3 Y

          ER 35 30 25 00 27     n     5    
23 1743 3 14   6 M1 Antalya   Sea withdrawal         ? 2 Y

          ER ?       n     ?    
24 1791 11 2   1 M1 Zakynthos Is., Ionian Sea   Sea-wave in Zante         3 4 N

          ER 38 00 21 00 11 10 6,8 n     4    
25 1791 11 10   0 M1 Zakynthos Is., Ionian Sea   Sea-quake           1 N

          ER 38 00 21 00 11 7   n          
26 1810 2 17   0 M1 Crete Is. 27 Seiche         2 4  

          ER 35 00 25 00   ? ? ?     3    
27 1816 12 28   4 M1 Pylos, South Ionian Sea   Sea-quake           1  

          ER 36 54 21 36 27                
28 1820 12 29   0 M1 Zakynthos Is., Ionian Sea   Tsunami-like sea disturbance         2 3  

          ER 37 36 21 12 11 9 6,9       3    
29 1843 7     0 M1 West Crete Is.   Sea-quake           1  

          ER 35 30 23 30 27                
30 1846 3 28   0 M1 Crete Is.   Sea-quake           1  

          ER 36 00 25 00 27 7 7,2 i          
31 1846 6 10   0 M1 Messinia, SW Peloponnese   Sea-quake           1  

          ER 37 09 22 00 11 10 6,2 n          
32 1851 2 28 15 1 M1 South Asia Minor   Sea-wave in Fethiye         ? 2 N

          ER 36 24 28 42 27 9 7,1 n   60 ?    
33 1851 4 3   0 M1 South Asia Minor   Sea-wave in Fethiye         ? 2 N

          ER 36 24 28 42       n   180 ?    
34 1851 5 23   0 M1 Rhodes Is.   Sea-wave in Rhodes         ? 2 N

          ER 36 24 28 42       n     ?    
35 1855 2 13   0 M1 South Asia Minor   Sea-wave in Fethiye         ? 2 N

          ER ?             ?    
36 1856 10 12   0 M1 Crete Is.   Sea-quake         2 3  

          ER 36 00 25 30 27 9-10 7,7 i     3    
37 1866 2 6 13 45 60 Ml Kythira Strait   Damaging wave in Kythira         4 4 Y

          ER 36 12 23 20 27 7(+) 6.0(+) n   800 6    
38 1867 9 20 03 15 30 M1 Gythion Gulf, South Peloponnese   Damaging wave in Gythio         4 4 Y

          ER 36 30 22 42 27 9 6,8 n     7    
39 1870 6 24   0 M1 Crete Is   Tsunami/Sea-quake in Alexandria         2 3 Y

          ER 36 00 26 00 27 7   i     3    
40 1886 8 27 21 32 15 M1 Philiatra, SW Peloponnese   Sea-wave in SW Peloponnese         3 4 N

          ES 37 06 21 30 16 10 7,3 n     4    
41 1893 4 17 05 06 25 M1 Zakynthos Is., Ionian Sea   Sea withdrawal in Zante         2 3 Y

          ER 37 45 21 00 11 9 6,4 n     3    
42 1896 11 5 02 50 10 M1 Zakynthos Is.,Ionian Sea   Sea-water penetrated inland in Zante         2 2 Y

          ER 37 49 20 42 11 6   n     2    
43 1898 12 3 05 50 30 30 M1 Zakynthos Is., Ionian Sea   Sea-wave in Zante         2 4 Y

          ER 37 42 20 48 16 8 6,1 n     2    
44 1899 1 22 09 56 10 M1 Kyparissia, SW Peloponnese   Sea-wave in SW Peloponnese         3 4 N

          ES 37 12 21 36 16 9 6,5 n     4    
45 1956 7 9 03 11 40 30 M1 South Aegean Sea Distructive large waves 5 4 Y

ER 36 38 25 58 11 9 7,5 n 1500 8 3  
46 1947 10 6 19 55 34 30 M1 Methoni, SW Peloponnese   Local wave in S. Peloponnese         2 4 Y

          ES 36 54 22 00 11 9 7,0 n     3    
47 1948 2 9 12 58 13 30 M1 Karpathos Is.   Damaging wave in Karpathos         4 4 Y

          ER 35 30 27 12 16 9 7,1 n   250 7    
48 1983 1 17 12 41 00 M1 Zakynthos Is., Ionian Sea Sea retreat in Zakynthos 2 3 Y

          ES 38 06 20 12 9 ? 6,7 9     3    
49 2000 4 5 04 36 59 1 Ml Heraklion, Crete Is. Sea oscillation in Heraklion 3 4 Y

          ES 34 13 25 41 11 ? 5,7 38   60 5    
50 2002 3 24 Evening M1 City of Rhodes Sea-wave in west city of Rhodes 2 4 Y

          GS 36 27 28 12           350 5    
51 2006 1 8 11 34 00 0 M1 Kythira Is. Sea-quake 1 Y

          ER 36 13 23 25 9 7 6,9 54