1300 BC Tsunami: Ionian Coasts, Troad, Turkey
A tsunami of unknown cause began at Ionian Coasts, Troad, Turkey in 1300 BC.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- 1300 BC
- Source
- Ionian Coasts, Troad, Turkey
- Cause
- Unknown
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 6
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 5
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 39.960° N, 26.240° E
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1300 B.C. Ionian and Aegean Seas. References to tsunami along the shore of the Ionian Sea and in Asia Minor. Troy, tsunami intensity V. Event validity 2. (reference #2130)
1300 B.C. Ionian coasts and towns in Asia Minor, Troad, tsunami intensity v. (references #14, #15, #20)
1300 B.C. Western Turkey, Troy (magnitude =6?), unknown causes. (reference #330)
More
Every tsunami in 1300 BCThe 1300s BCTsunamis of TurkeyAlerts in force
Sources
Tsunami events and runups 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 tsunami event 5.