March 12, 1036 Tsunami: Levantian Sea, Turkey

12 March 1036/11 March 1037, Cilicia (?), Southern Turkey. There was a strong tsunami in relation to this earthquake. Tsunami Reliability 2-3. (reference #9275)

1036 03 12 (1037 03 11) : Sea in Cilicia (?) billowed back and forth, southern Turkey, near the Gulf of Iskenderun. Event reliability 4. Tsunami intensity 2. (reference #10416)

AD 1036 No location. There occurred an earthquake that shook rocks and caused turbulence in the sea. Its location is not known. According to Matthew of Edessa, in a.Arm. 485 (12 March 1036 to 11 March 1037), there was an earthquake that shook rocks and ‘ the waves of the sea boiled up and were tossed around ’. He gives no location. (reference #9116)

1036 March 12 - 1037 March 11. Cilicia (?). This earthquake is unknown to the seismic catalogue tradition. The Armenian chronicler Matthew of Edessa records that in the year 485 of the Armenian era (12 March 1036 - 11 March 1037), there was a strong earthquake, preceded by a solar eclipse. It can be placed no more locally than in Cilicia, a region of central and southern Turkey facing the Gulf of Iskenderun, whose hinterland partly coincides with the ancient territory of the principality of Edessa. While there is no record of damage, the earthquake had substantial effects on the environment […] Matthew also records a strong tsunami in relation to the earthquake. […] What Matthew has to say about the date of the earthquake is problematical, because there were no solar eclipses in the area in the year he indicates. However, two partial solar eclipses were visibile in Cilicia and Armenia, one before and one after 1036-1037, that is to say , on 29 June 1033 and 22 November 1044 […] It may well be the case, therefore, that Matthew has associated two events which in fact occurred several years apart (reference #10420)