February 13, 1855 Tsunami: Asia Minor, Turkey
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Asia Minor, Turkey on February 13, 1855.
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
- February 13, 1855
- Source
- Asia Minor, Turkey
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 3
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable 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.
13 February 1855. Other dates include 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 February 1855 and 02 March 1855. , Tsunami waves in Fethiye with doubtful inundation. Depending on the definitions given by Karnik (1971), a 32-m-wide coastal strip in Fethiye sank into the sea (reference #9275)
February 1855, Antalya, Kas. Two after shocks occurred on February, 10, 1855 that generated a tsunami in the region. Earthquakes which were felt in Fethje on February 9,10 and 13, 1855 also caused tsunamis (Cahri, 1941). (reference #3355)
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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 841.