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Historic Tsunami
1948 Greece Tsunami
9 February 1948 · Dodecanese, Karpathos Is. · Greece
On 9 February 1948 at 12:58 UTC, a tsunami formed near Dodecanese, Karpathos Is., Greece. It was caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake. Waves reached up to 7.3 m high. It was observed at 12 locations.
- Date
- 9 February 1948
- Time
- 12:58 UTC
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake Magnitude
- 7.3
- Highest Wave
- 7.3 m
- Observation Sites
- 12
- Furthest Reach
- 63 km
- Homes Destroyed
- 573
- Source Country
- Greece
- Triggering Earthquake
- M 7.3, 1948
Highest Waves
- 7.3 mAgia Kara, Karpathos Island · Greece · 13 km
- 7.0 mPigadia (2), Karpathos Island · Greece · 16 km
- 5.7 mPigadia (3), Karpathos Island · Greece · 16 km
- 4.0 mPigadia (4), Karpathos Island · Greece · 15 km
- 3.6 mDiafani (7), Karpathos Island · Greece · 14 km
- 3.1 mDiafani (6), Karpathos Island · Greece · 14 km
- 2.9 mPigadia (1), Karpathos Island · Greece · 16 km
- 2.5 mEastern Karpathos Island · Greece · 16 km
- 2.5 mMakris Gialos, Karpathos Island · Greece · 24 km
Other Major Tsunamis in the Region
- 2020Aegean Sea, Turkey · 5.3 m118 deaths
- 1981Athens-Eastern Gulf of Corinth, Greece · 1.0 m22 deaths
- 1968Lemnos Island, North Aegean Sea, Greece · 1.2 m22 deaths
- 1956Cyclades, Greece · 20.0 m56 deaths
- 1953Levantian Sea, Cyprus40 deaths
- 1944Edremit Gulf, Aegean Sea, Turkey30 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Tsunami Database (doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7) · Natural Earth