May 13, 1903 Tsunami: Calabrian Arc, Italy
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Calabrian Arc, Italy on May 13, 1903.
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
- May 13, 1903
- Source
- Calabrian Arc, Italy
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- The earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 2
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Very doubtful tsunami
- Source location
- 38.100° N, 13.400° 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.
May 13 and 14, 1903. Calabrian Arc, Island of Sicily, northern shore. According to Moreka, a seaquake occurred in Palermo. (reference #2130)
May 13 and 14, 1903, coast of Calabria, Palmermo. (reference #2426)
More
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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 3410.