1365 BC Tsunami: Syrian Coasts

1365 + 5 B.C. Aegean Sea, Asia Minor. According to writings of Demokles, Strabo and others, strong earthquakes in Asia Minor covered the Greek regions Ionia and Lydia, up to Troy. Many cities were wiped out in the north. Mt Sypilos was destroyed. Marshes became lakes. The tidal wave flooded Troy. (Probably, these were the same events as in 1380 B.C.). (reference #2130)

1365 B.C. (+5 years) there was earthquake destruction at Ugarit (35 deg 41 min N, 35 deg 48 min E), with a probable tsunami at the Syrian coast. (reference #2815)

1365 B.C. +5 years. Syrian coasts, Ugarit near Minet-el-Beida (tsunami intensity vi?). (references #15, #20)

1365 B.C. Local tsunami. Ugarit (Syria) was flooded and half destroyed. Ambraseys (1962) and Ambraseys et al. (2002) note a tablet from Tel Amarna in Egypt that contains a report the King of Tyre sent to Amenhoteph-IV (1353–36). The King of Tyre reports that half of the town of Ugarit has been destroyed by fire. According to other contemporary tablets (Dussaud, 1896; Virolleaud, 1935), the other half of the town was allegedly destroyed by a sea wave […] analyzing the tablets, Ambraseys et al. (2002) make the point that the fire and the flood might not have occurred at the same time, and that there is no mention of an earthquake associated with it. They add that archaeological excavations in Ugarit do reflect its destruction by several earthquakes (Schaeffer, 1939), but there is no indication of seismic activity at the time of the proposed tsunami. (reference #10416)