1905 Earthquake: Bizerte, Tunisia
An earthquake struck Bizerte, Tunisia in 1905. It caused a tsunami.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- 1905
- Place
- Bizerte, Tunisia
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 37.300° N, 9.900° E
- Country
- Tunisia
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.
Little information regarding the occurrence of seismic sea waves on the Tunisian coast is available, except that reported in Bothè's catalogue (*) for the 1905 earthquake in the Bizerta area. (*) Catalogue des seimes Tunisiens, Strasbourg, June 1962 (unpublished). (reference #9899)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 3, 856, Tunis, Tunisia
- January 1758, Tunis, Constantine, Tunisia
- February 20, 1957, Sidi Abid,sidi Touil (La Medja),cailloux, Tunisia
- August 6, 1947, Algeria
- 412, Utique, Tunisia
- August 7, 1941, Bou-Saadiah,zaghouan, Tunisia
- February 18, 1962, Gafour,oum-Zid,el Akhouat, Tunisia
- 1040, Al-Kairawan, Tunisia
- June 2, 854, Kairouan, Tunis, Tunisia
More
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Sources
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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 9915.