525 BC Tsunami: Lebanon Coasts
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Lebanon Coasts in 525 BC.
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
- 525 BC
- Source
- Lebanon Coasts
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- The earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 3
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 33.560° N, 35.370° 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.
525 B.C. Levantian Sea, Near East, Saida. Tsunami, intensity of tsunami ii-iii. Event validity 2. (reference #2130).
525 B.C. Coasts of Lebanon, Saida (Sidon). No mention of a seismic sea-wave by chroniclers who describe the earthquake. (reference #15, #20)
More
Every tsunami in 525 BCThe 500s BCTsunamis of LebanonThe earthquakeAlerts 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 8.