January 28, 1893 Tsunami: Samothrace, Greece

Name: January 28, 1893 Tsunami: Samothrace, Greece
Start: 1893-01-28
Location: Samothrace, Greece

January 28, 1893 · Very doubtful tsunami

A tsunami of unknown cause began at Samothrace, Greece on January 28, 1893.

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

Tsunami warnings in force

The tsunami

Date: January 28, 1893
Source: Samothrace, Greece
Cause: Unknown
Runups recorded: 0
Waters: Ocean
How certain: Very doubtful tsunami

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.

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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 1201.