February 14, 1672 Tsunami: Aegean Sea, Greece

1672, February 14. Aegean Sea. Tsunami reliability 0, magnitude 3. Sea wave in Cos. (reference #2427)

1672, February 14, 39.9 N, 26.0 E, magnitude 7.0, Tenedos (intensity IX). On the island of Tenedos almost all houses and the Venetian fort and church were destroyed by this earthquake. In the northern part of the islands of Lesbos, the mosque in the inner castle of Molivo collapsed. The springs of water at Ligia dried up. It was felt in Cos and Santorine. (reference #4408)

1672, February 14. Biga. The facts about this earthquake are not clear. An order dated 15 Savval a.H. 1082 (14 Feb 1672) refers to damage in the northern part of the island of Lesvos, where the mosque in the inner castle of Molivo collapsed: 'the walls and roof of the Fethiye Cami in the inner castle of Molivo are completely demolished in a great earthquake' (BBA MMD 9849.123). On the island of Tenedos (Bozcaada) almost all houses and the venetian fort and church were destroyed (Beer 1708). On the island of Cos, it is reported, no one was able to stand owing to the violence of the shock and all buildings collapsed; a sea wave followed (PDGA 1756, 230). It is said that as a result of the earthquake the springs of water Ligia (near Truva0 dried up (Lechevalier, 1791, 7). If these later effects were the result of the same earthquake its epicentral region must be sought of the coast of Biga province of Turkey. (reference #9116)

A devastating earthquake was followed by a tsunami on 14 February 1672, which wreaked havoc on Kos Island [19, 36, 37, 122]. Galanopoulos [17, 18] proposed that this is the 1672 earthquake that destroyed Tenedos Island and caused the effects on Kos Island attributed to the tsunami propagation. (reference #13873)

Reference #9275 lists this event as being the same as the 14 February 1672 event, which the reference lists as a questionable tsunami.