July 17, 1577 Tsunami: Marmara Sea, Turkey
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Marmara Sea, Turkey on July 17, 1577 at 18:00 UTC.
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
- July 17, 1577, 18:00 UTC
- Source
- Marmara Sea, Turkey
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 3
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Very doubtful tsunami
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.
1571 July 17, 18 h. Sea swell over galleys. Listed as probable tsunami (reference #2427)
1577 July 17, 18 h. Tremors in the sea, causing the sea to swell and engulf the galleys harboured therein. Listed as improbable tsunami (reference #9275)
1577 July 17. Gerlach reports that an earthquake in Istanbul shook his house and agitated the sea: ‘ this evening, around suppertime, a great earthquake was felt, as a result of which the whole of our house and not only the ground itself but also the sea was shaken, and the galleys in it, and the sea was caused to swell over them ’ (Gerlach 1674, 364). (reference #9116)
1577 July 17, 18 h. Listed as improbable tsunami (reference #11164, v.2)
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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 3484.