Tsunamis of Greece
Every tsunami NOAA records that began in or off Greece, oldest to newest.
Greece’s tsunamis 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
The record
- Events
- 189
- Probable or definite
- 86
- Deaths counted
- 32,847
The deadliest
- April 3, 1881, Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- July 21, 365, Crete, Greece
- July 7, 551, Aegean Sea, Greece
- August 8, 1303, Aegean Sea, Greece
- February 16, 1810, Crete, Greece
- June 426 BC, Corinthos-Patras Gulf, Greece
- October 18, 1843, Island of Chalki, Greece
- October 12, 1856, Crete, Greece
- March 7, 1867, Lesbos, Greece
- September 30, 1636, Ionian Sea, Greece
- August 12, 1953, Ionian Sea, Greece
- December 29, 1820, Island of Zakynthos, Greece
- August 27, 1886, Ionian Sea, Greece
- April 22, 1863, Aegean Sea, Greece
- February 4, 1867, Ionian Sea, Greece
Every event
Newest first.
- May 22, 2025, Island of Crete, Greece
- October 12, 2021, Crete, Greece
- May 2, 2020, Crete, Greece
- October 25, 2018, Ionian Sea, Greece
- September 13, 2018, Island of Zakynthos, Greece
- June 12, 2017, Lesbos, Greece
- November 17, 2015, Ionian Sea, Greece
- May 24, 2014, North Aegean Sea, Greece
- October 12, 2013, Crete, Greece
- June 15, 2013, Crete, Greece
- July 1, 2009, Crete, Greece
- August 22, 2008, SW. Corinth Gulf, Greece
- August 14, 2003, Ionian Sea, Greece
- March 24, 2002, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
- May 26, 2000, Ionian Sea, Greece
- April 5, 2000, Crete, Greece
- January 1, 1996, W. Corinth Gulf, Greece
- June 15, 1995, Aiyion, Gulf of Corinth, Greece
- May 13, 1995, Greece
- November 18, 1992, Corinth Gulf, Greece
- May 7, 1991, East Aegean Sea, Greece
- January 4, 1991, East Aegean Sea, Greece
- February 11, 1984, Corinthos Gulf, Greece
- August 6, 1983, North Aegean Sea, Greece
- January 17, 1983, Ionian Sea, Greece
- March 4, 1981, Gulf of Corinth, Greece
- February 24, 1981, Athens-Eastern Gulf of Corinth, Greece
- May 15, 1979, Crete, Greece
- June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki (Salonica), Greece
- December 5, 1968, Island of Kos, Greece
- February 19, 1968, Lemnos Island, North Aegean Sea, Greece
- July 6, 1965, North Corinth Gulf, Greece
- March 9, 1965, Aegean Sea, Greece
- February 7, 1963, Corinth Gulf, Greece
- May 28, 1962, North Aegean Sea, Greece
- February 23, 1959, Grecian Archipelago, Crete, Greece
- November 2, 1956, North Aegean, Greece
- July 9, 1956, Amorgos Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- July 9, 1956, Cyclades, Greece
- July 16, 1955, East Aegean Sea, Greece
- April 19, 1955, Volos Gulf, Greece
- August 12, 1953, Ionian Sea, Greece
- August 11, 1953, Ionian Sea, Greece
- August 9, 1953, Ithaki Island, Greece
- July 23, 1949, Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- February 9, 1949, West Coast of Greece
- April 22, 1948, Ionian Sea, Greece
- February 9, 1948, Dodecanese, Karpathos Is., Greece
- October 6, 1947, Peloponnesus, Greece
- July 20, 1938, Central Greece (Euripus Strait)
- April 23, 1933, Cos, Dodecanese, Greece
- September 26, 1932, North Aegean, Greece
- May 2, 1928, North Aegean, Greece
- April 27, 1928, Aegean Sea, Greece
- April 25, 1928, Grecian Archipelago, Crete, Greece
- April 24, 1928, Aegean Sea, Greece
- April 22, 1928, Corinthos-Patras Gulf, Greece
- March 31, 1928, East Aegean, Greece
- August 30, 1926, Argolikos Gulf, Greece
- December 5, 1923, North Aegean Sea, Greece
- August 8, 1922, Aegean Sea, Greece
- August 7, 1915, Ionian Sea, Greece
- January 27, 1915, Ionian Sea, Greece
- November 27, 1914, Ionian Sea, Greece
- January 24, 1912, Ionian Sea, Greece
- November 8, 1905, North Aegean Sea, Greece
- January 20, 1905, Aegean Sea, Greece
- July 5, 1902, Aegean Sea, Greece
- April 11, 1902, Central Greece (Evoikos Gulf)
- January 22, 1899, Ionian Sea, Greece
- December 3, 1898, Ionian Islands, Greece
- June 2, 1898, Peloponnesus, Greece
- December 1897, Ionian Islands, Greece
- November 5, 1896, Ionian Sea, Greece
- April 27, 1894, North Evoikos Gulf, Greece
- April 17, 1893, Ionian Sea, Greece
- February 9, 1893, Samothrace, Greece
- January 28, 1893, Samothrace, Greece
- September 9, 1888, Gulf of Corinth, Greece
- October 3, 1887, Peloponnesus, Greece
- August 27, 1886, Ionian Sea, Greece
- June 27, 1883, Ionian Islands, Greece
- December 15, 1881, Aetoliko Lagoon, Greece
- April 11, 1881, Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- April 3, 1881, Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- September 2, 1880, Ionian Sea, Greece
- October 25, 1873, Ionian Sea, Greece
- October 5, 1871, Corinth Gulf, Greece
- August 1, 1870, Ionian Sea, Greece
- December 28, 1869, Ionian Sea, Greece
- September 9, 1869, Aegean Sea, Greece
- November 19, 1867, Aegean Sea, Greece
- October 4, 1867, Ionian Sea, Greece
- September 20, 1867, Peloponnesus, Greece
- April 10, 1867, Lixouri, Greece
- March 7, 1867, Lesbos, Greece
- February 4, 1867, Ionian Sea, Greece
- October 1866, Mirtoon Sea, Greece
- February 6, 1866, S. Coasts Peloponnesus, Greece
- February 2, 1866, E. Sporades Islands, Aegean Islands, Greece
- January 31, 1866, Thera Island (Santorini), Greece
- January 19, 1866, Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- April 22, 1863, Aegean Sea, Greece
- January 1, 1862, Ionian Sea, Greece
- December 26, 1861, Corinth Gulf, Greece
- October 20, 1859, Pireaus, Greece
- February 21, 1858, Gulf of Corinth, Greece
- November 13, 1856, Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- October 12, 1856, Crete, Greece
- August 18, 1853, Central Greece (Evoikos Gulf)
- May 23, 1851, Khalki Islet, Greece
- October 18, 1843, Island of Chalki, Greece
- April 18, 1842, Peloponnesus, Greece
- July 12, 1835, Ionian Islands, Greece
- January 19, 1825, Ionian Sea, Greece
- January 9, 1821, Ionian Sea, Greece
- December 29, 1820, Island of Zakynthos, Greece
- March 17, 1820, Island of Levkas, Greece
- January 1818, Athens, Greece
- August 23, 1817, Corinthos-Patras Gulf, Greece
- January 1, 1817, Ionian Sea, Greece
- February 16, 1810, Crete, Greece
- January 8, 1805, Gulf of Patras, Greece
- June 8, 1804, Corinthos-Patras Gulf, Greece
- January 8, 1804, Peloponnesus, Greece
- June 11, 1794, Corinth Gulf, Greece
- November 2, 1791, Ionian Sea, Greece
- June 16, 1778, Aegean Sea, Greece
- 1769, Corinth Gulf, Greece
- May 1758, North Evoikos Gulf, Greece
- May 14, 1748, Corinthos-Patras Gulf, Greece
- February 25, 1742, Gulf of Corinth, Greece
- February 21, 1742, Corinth Gulf, Greece
- January 31, 1741, Island of Rhodes, Greece
- July 19, 1738, Milos Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- November 1732, Island of Kerkyra (Corfu), Greece
- February 18, 1723, Ionian Sea, Greece
- May 1707, Island of Thira, Greece
- February 10, 1681, Crete, Greece
- April 1672, Island of Tenedos, Greece
- February 14, 1672, Aegean Sea, Greece
- 1672, Thira Island & Cyclade Islands, Greece
- February 17, 1659, Aegean Sea, Greece
- September 29, 1650, Thera Island (Santorini), Greece
- September 30, 1636, Ionian Sea, Greece
- November 5, 1633, Island of Zakynthos, Greece
- March 9, 1630, Islands of Cythera & Crete, Greece
- March 9, 1629, Crete, Greece
- March 7, 1629, Island of Crete, Greece
- February 27, 1629, Crete, Greece
- May 5, 1622, Island of Zakynthos, Greece
- November 8, 1612, Island of Crete, Greece
- April 1609, Island of Rhodes, Greece
- 1604, Crete, Greece
- 1601, Island of Crete, Greece
- June 28, 1585, North Aegean Sea, Greece
- 1570, Dodecanese, Greece
- May 29, 1508, Island of Crete, Greece
- July 1, 1494, Island of Crete, Greece
- October 3, 1481, Island of Rhodes, Greece
- May 3, 1481, Island of Rhodes, Greece
- November 28, 1437, Aegean Sea, Greece
- November 16, 1403, Aegean Sea - Asia Minor, Greece
- June 1402, Gulf of Corinth, Greece
- March 20, 1389, Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
- August 8, 1303, Aegean Sea, Greece
- March 1270, Ionian Sea, Greece
- 1050, Island of Thira, Greece
- 800, Ionian Sea, Greece
- 558, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
- August 15, 554, Island of Kos, Greece
- May 552, Maliakos Gulf, Greece
- July 7, 551, Aegean Sea, Greece
- April 551, Etolia, Greece
- 426, Gulf of Euboea, Greece
- July 21, 365, Crete, Greece
- 142, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
- 62, Crete, Greece
- 46, Thera Island (Santorini), Greece
- 198 BC, Thera Island (Santorini), Greece
- October 223 BC, Maliakos Gulf, Greece
- 226 BC, South Eviokos Gulf, Greece
- 227 BC, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
- 330 BC, E. Sporades Islands, Aegean Islands, Greece
- 373 BC, Corinthos-Patras Gulf, Greece
- June 426 BC, Corinthos-Patras Gulf, Greece
- 479 BC, North Aegean, Greece
- September 29, 480 BC, Saronic Gulf, Greece
- 1610 BC, Thera Island (Santorini), Greece
By country
- Albania13
- Algeria16
- Antarctica8
- Antigua and Barbuda2
- Argentina6
- Atlantic Ocean4
- Australia59
- Azerbaijan5
- Baltic Sea1
- Bangladesh6
- Barbados3
- Brazil13
- Bulgaria4
- Cameroon2
- Canada36
- Chile169
- China44
- Colombia8
- Congo2
- Cook Islands4
- Costa Rica19
- Croatia18
- Cuba7
- Cyprus6
- Dead Sea1
- Denmark1
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic6
- East China Sea2
- Ecuador9
- Egypt5
- El Salvador8
- Eritrea1
- Fiji9
- Finland1
- France15
- French Polynesia5
- Georgia2
- Germany2
- Ghana3
- Greece189
- Greenland9
- Grenada2
- Guadeloupe8
- Guatemala9
- Haiti13
- Honduras7
- Iceland10
- India21
- Indonesia269
- Iran6
- Ireland1
- Irish Sea1
- Israel9
- Italy162
- Jamaica11
- Japan385
- Jordan2
- Kenya1
- Kermadec Islands4
- Korea1
- Lebanon6
- Marshall Islands1
- Martinique12
- Mexico84
- Micronesia6
- Montenegro4
- Montserrat5
- Morocco4
- Myanmar3
- Nauru1
- Nepal1
- Netherlands6
- New Caledonia25
- New Zealand92
- Nicaragua8
- North Korea3
- North Sea1
- Northwest Pacific Ocean2
- Norway33
- Pacific Ocean1
- Pakistan4
- Panama10
- Papua New Guinea82
- Peru77
- Philippines113
- Poland2
- Portugal43
- Romania3
- Russia112
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
- Samoa16
- Scotland1
- Senegal1
- Solomon Islands48
- South Africa4
- South Korea14
- Spain19
- Sri Lanka2
- Sudan1
- Sweden3
- Switzerland4
- Syria8
- Taiwan29
- Togo3
- Tonga23
- Trinidad and Tobago4
- Tunisia2
- Turkey77
- Turkmenistan3
- UK Territories5
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom52
- United States288
- Uruguay4
- US Territories27
- Vanuatu53
- Venezuela28
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
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.