479 BC Potidaea earthquake

479 BC Potidaea tsunami
Local date	479 BC
Magnitude	7.0 Ms
Epicenter	North Aegean Sea
Areas affected	Ancient Greece
Max. intensity	MMI IX (Violent)
Tsunami	Yes
Casualties	Many, possibly at least hundreds of fatalities

The 479 BC Potidaea tsunami is the oldest record of a paleotsunami in human history.^[1] The tsunami is believed to have been triggered by a M_s 7.0 earthquake in the north Aegean Sea. The associated tsunami may have saved the colony of Potidaea from an invasion by Persians from the Achaemenid Empire.

^ Smid, T. C. (1970). "'Tsunamis' in Greek Literature". Greece & Rome. 2nd Ser. 17 (1): 100-104 (102f.). doi:10.1017/S0017383500017393. JSTOR 642332. S2CID 163021268.

[Smid-1] Smid, T. C. (1970). "'Tsunamis' in Greek Literature". Greece & Rome. 2nd Ser. 17 (1): 100-104 (102f.). doi:10.1017/S0017383500017393. JSTOR 642332. S2CID 163021268.

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