426 BC Malian Gulf tsunami
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The 426 BC Malian Gulf tsunami devastated the coasts of the Malian and Euboean Gulfs, Greece, in the summer of 426 BC.[1][2] Thucydides inquired into its causes, and concluded that the tsunami must have been caused by an earthquake.[3] He was thus historically the first known to correctly interpret the cause of a tsunami as a preceding geological event.[4] Herodotus, in contrast, had attributed the Potidaea tsunami to the divine wrath of Poseidon.[5]
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Local date | 426 BC |
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Magnitude | Unknown |
Epicenter | 38.87°N 22.62°E / 38.87; 22.62 |
Areas affected | Ancient Greece |
Tsunami | Yes |
Casualties | Unknown |
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