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The earthquake is thought to be responsible for an uplift of nine metres (30 feet) of the island of Crete, which is estimated to correspond to a seismic moment of 1 × 10 22 N⋅m (7.4 × 10 21 lbf⋅ft), or 8.6 on the moment magnitude scale. An earthquake of such a size exceeds all modern ones known to have affected the region. [5]
365-07-21: Crete, Alexandria: 35.0 23.0 Many thousands 8.5+ It is considered the largest known earthquake in the Mediterranean. Raised part of Crete 12 metres, causing severe damage and triggering a tsunami that devastated Alexandria. Severe casualties and more than 100 cities in Crete were destroyed. [106] 226 BC: Rhodes: 36.43 28.21
The ~M w 8.0–8.5 earthquake in Crete in 365 AD and 1303 are examples of subduction zone events. In 1810 and 1856, Crete was struck by large intermediate-depth intraplate earthquakes which were devastating and felt strongly in Africa and the Levant. The 1810 and 1856 earthquakes occurred within the subducting African plate rather than at the ...
Possible tsunami. Considered the oldest record of an earthquake in the Portuguese earthquake catalogs. [1] 21 July 365 AD Crete, Greece: Thousands 8.5 Devastation in Cyrene & Alexandria by a tsunami. Uplift of up to 9 metres in Crete. Maximum intensity XI (Extreme). 365 Crete earthquake: 26 November 684 AD Nankai Trough, Japan: Unknown 8.4 684 ...
Pages in category "Earthquakes in Crete" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 365 Crete earthquake; 1303 Crete earthquake; 1630 Crete earthquake;
Those currently include every state that borders on the Mediterranean. The Hellenic trench region is an ecosystem to sperm whales and other aquatic life and has been used by marine biologists to study the behaviour of various aquatic species. This is the trench where several earthquakes, including the 365 Crete earthquake, occurred.
0–9. 226 BC Rhodes earthquake; 479 BC Potidaea earthquake; 1481 Rhodes earthquake; 1743 Salento earthquake; 1810 Crete earthquake; 1856 Heraklion earthquake
The closure of the Samaria gorge in southwest Crete — along with several others in the White Mountain range — was ordered Monday, a day after the region was rattled by a magnitude 4.9 quake.