May 24, 362 Tsunami: Dead Sea, Jordan
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Dead Sea, Jordan on May 24, 362.
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 24, 362
- Source
- Dead Sea, Jordan
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- The earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 3
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 31.300° N, 35.600° E
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
362. Dead Sea, Jordanian coasts. Chronographers of the time who describe the earthquake do not mention a seismic
sea-wave. (references #15 and #23)
362. Dead Sea, Jordanian coasts, tsunami intensity III. (reference #20)
362. Shore of the Dead Sea. Earthquake (?) cause, tsunami intensity III. (reference #2130)
May 24, 362, 31.3 N, 35.6 E, Destruction of Karak; tsunami in Dead Sea, M = 6.4. (reference #1225)
More
Every tsunami in 362The 300sTsunamis of JordanThe earthquakeThis day in weather historyAlerts in force
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 37.