March 13, 1866 Tsunami: Albanian Coasts
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake began at Albanian Coasts on March 13, 1866.
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
- March 13, 1866
- Source
- Albanian Coasts
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 5.5
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 3
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 40.500° N, 19.500° E
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.
Continuation of the seismic cycle started on January2. A tsunami wave rose in the Strait of Vlore. Tsunami was noted in Chimara and Kanirna (Kanino - ref). (reference #2130)
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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 954.