Tsunamis of the 500s
Every tsunami NOAA records from 500 to 599.
The 500s on the map
At the source, colored by the highest water recorded. A ring is an event NCEI rates doubtful or questionable.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
Every event
Oldest first.
- 543, Black Sea, Turkey
- April 551, Etolia, Greece
- July 7, 551, Aegean Sea, Greece
- July 9, 551, Levantian Sea, Turkey
- May 552, Maliakos Gulf, Greece
- August 15, 554, Island of Kos, Greece
- August 15, 555, Thrace, Turkey
- 557, Marmara Sea, Turkey
- 558, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
- December 14, 558, Marmara Sea, Strait of Bosporus, Turkey
- 563, Lake Geneva, Switzerland
By year
Other centuries
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.