August 13, 1822 Tsunami: Antiochia, Turkey

"A destructive earthquake took place in Antiochia; two thirds of the towns were destroyed; thousands of inhabitants were killed. Lesser damage was done to Latakia". Listed as possible tsunami. (reference #2130).

tsunami at Beirut, Jerusalem, Iskenderun and in Cyprus (reference #1099)

The main shock was felt by ships sailing between Cyprus and Lattakiya and halfway between Alexandria and Cyprus. There is no evidence that this event was associated with a seismic sea wave in the eastern Mediterranean or with an abnormal fluctuation of sea level. (reference #9116)

Faulting and tsunami in Beirut (52); tsunami in Beirut, Iskenderun, Cyprus and Jerussalem. Listed as definite tsunami. (reference #9275)

Along the coast of Suwaydiyah, the sea was largely disturbed and no boat could withstand the sea waves […] Some historical sources reported the occurrence of sea waves hitting Cypriot and Syrian coasts following the 1822 earthquake. For example, Neale (1854: xxiii-xxxiv) documented the observation of disturbance of the sea near the coast of Antakia. Also, Conder (1824: 298) mentioned that the earthquake was felt so violently at sea at a distance of about 11 km of Cyprus to the extent that it was thought the ships in Cyprus had grounded. In addition, a rising the rocky masses near Cyprus was documented on 3 September 1822 in a report of a caption of French ship departed from Cyprus to Latakia (Asiatic Journal, 1822: 519). These phenomena could be indirectly related to strong earthquakes such as 1822 earthquake. In this regard, Ambraseys and Barazangi (1989) presented a preliminary explanation about the association of large earthquakes that occurred in land along the DSFS with sea waves in the Syrian coast, stating that these sea waves may be caused by submarine landslides in the Levantine margin due to the presence of layers of Evaporators. (reference #14012)