Sham Tsunami 365 AD .. the story of the great tsunami that sank the coasts of Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Libya

2020-07-22 2020-07-22T10:26:49Z
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Weather of Arabia - In coastal cities when a strong earthquake strikes, responsible authorities and centers often issue a warning of the threat of a tsunami , the most recent tsunami in the modern era of the December 26, 2004 tsunami on Sumatra island in southeast Asia, and the tsunami March 11, 2011 in Tohoku - Japan.

 

But has the Arab region experienced a tsunami?

In modern history, the Arab region did not witness a tsunami, but historically the Arab region witnessed in the year 365 the so-called "Levant Tsunami" or "Day of Terror", what is its story?

 

The 365 tsunami of Sham ... What is his story and how much cost? What cities hit it?

On July 21 of the year 365 AD, a great earthquake occurred, at sunrise on that day and the proximity of Crete was centered, and scientists today estimated the strength of that earthquake to be between 8.3 and 8.5 on the Richter scale .

 

The earthquake at that time destroyed the entire buildings of Crete, and caused extensive damage in central and southern Greece and northern regions of Libya and both the islands of Cyprus and Sicily, which are currently belonging to Italy, while the earthquake was felt by residents of the south of the Romanian state at the time, in addition to large areas of the Levant and Egypt .

 

Subsequently, huge tidal waves were launched from the epicenter of the earthquake, causing large coastal areas to sink under the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, where huge waves reached the eastern Mediterranean coasts (Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, in addition to the northern coasts of Egypt, including Alexandria), and a number of cities In Libya like Sabratha .

 

The losses left by the 365 tsunami of Levant

The tsunami of 365 meters caused the dumping of ships up to 3 kilometers inside land, killing tens of thousands of people .

 

 

What is a tsunami (from here)
 

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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