Significant earthquakes of 103

103 Earthquake: Black Sea, Ukraine

103 · M7

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Black Sea, Ukraine in 103. It caused a tsunami.

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The earthquake

Date
103
Place
Black Sea, Ukraine
Magnitude
7
Epicenter
44.700° N, 33.300° E
Country
Ukraine
Region
Eastern Europe

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

A strong earthquake occurred at Sebastopol Bay, Crimea, Ukraine, in the second century with approximate epicenter coordinates of 44.7 N, 33.3 E, and a speculated magnitude of about 7. (reference #4213)

103, Sevastopol Bay (Crimea). 44.7 N 33.3 E. Nikonov (1997a, b) based his conclusions on the St. Clements’ miracles as well as on archaeological evidence for damage caused in settlements in the Sevastopol Bay, Crimea, and suggested that a strong earthquake of M 7 occurring at the beginning of the 2nd century AD, possibly in 103 AD, caused a strong tsunami in the bay. (reference #9391)

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

  1. #4213 Yalciner, Ahmet, Efim Pelinovsky, Tatiana Talipova, Nizhny Novgorod, Andrey Kurkin, Andrey Kozelkov, Andrey Zaitsev (2004). Tsunamis in the Black Sea: Comparison of the historical, instrumental, and numerical data. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 109, C12023. DOI:10.1029/2003JC002113
  2. #9391 Papadopoulos, G.A., G. Diakogianni, A. Fokaefs, and B. Ranguelov (2011). Tsunami hazard in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea: a new tsunami catalogue. In New Developments in Tsunami Science: from Hazard to Risk, I. Didenkulova, S. Monserrat, and S. Tinti, eds., Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., vol. 11, p. 945-963, Special Issue. DOI:10.5194/nhess-11-945-2011

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 5882.