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SUBMITTER: Polonia A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3573340 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Polonia Alina A Bonatti Enrico E Camerlenghi Angelo A Lucchi Renata Giulia RG Panieri Giuliana G Gasperini Luca L
Scientific reports 20130101
Historian Ammianus Marcellinus documented the devastating effects of a tsunami hitting Alexandria, Egypt, on July 21, AD 365. "The solidity of the earth was made to shake … and the sea was driven away. The waters returning when least expected killed many thousands by drowning. Huge ships… perched on the roofs of houses… hurled miles from the shore….". Other settlements around the Mediterranean were hit at roughly the same time. This scenario is similar to that of the recent Sumatra and Tohoku ts ...[more]