590 BC Earthquake: Sur (Tyre), Lebanon
An earthquake struck Sur (Tyre), Lebanon in 590 BC. 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
- 590 BC
- Place
- Sur (Tyre), Lebanon
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 33.270° N, 35.220° E
- Country
- Lebanon
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.
590 B.C. Levantian Sea, Near East. Possibly, tsunami. (reference #2130). Coasts of Lebanon. Sur (Tyre) (vi?). (reference #20)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 5, 1033, Ramala, Gaza, Nablus, Egypt, Israel, Syria
- September 18, 844, Antakya, Dimashq (Damascus), Turkey, Syria
- November 25, 1759, Damascus, Antioch, Baalbec, Syria, Lebanon-Syria
- May 20, 1202, Southwestern, Syria
- 1183, Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- January 1, 1837, Beirut (Beyrout), Zefat (Safed), Lebanon, Israel
- 1838, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Jaffa),palestine, Israel
- October 30, 1759, Zefat (Safed), Israel
- 1155, Tarabulus, Antioch, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- July 11, 1927, Damiya, Israel, Jordan
- 1339, Tarabulus (Tripolis), Lebanon
- March 29, 1903, Nabulus, Israel
- February 15, 2008, Baalbec, Lebanon-Syria
- April 2, 303, Sur (Tyre), Sayda (Saida, Sidon), Lebanon
- 525 BC, Sur (Tyre), Sayda (Saida), Lebanon
More
Significant earthquakes of 590 BCThe 500s BCRecent earthquakes near here
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 7793.