A reanalysis of the AD 365 tsunami impact along the Egyptian Mediterranean coast |
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| Authors: | Amr Z Hamouda |
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| Institution: | (1) National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | The historical tsunamigenic event of 21 July AD 365 destroyed several coastal locations in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
The foremost destructive impacts were recorded in Crete and Egypt. The present study re-examines the effect of location, direction,
height and time of travel of the tsunami towards the Egyptian coast. Evidently, this tsunamigenic event is related to an earthquake
which is identified with a Hellenic Arc subduction-zone event of great magnitude, M > 8, as manifested by up to 9 m uplift
in western Crete. The maximum run-up height distribution in the front of the Nile Delta was about 9.5 m in Alexandria, while
those of the neighboring cities were 7.1 m, 4.9 m, and 1.9 m at Rashid, Damietta and El-Arish, respectively. Data obtained
from this study is essential to evaluate the tsunami hazards along the Egyptian coast. |
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