Crete earthquake and tsunami
A tsunami tosses Alexandria's ships onto rooftops
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On 21 July 365 a great earthquake lifted western Crete by several metres, and a tsunami struck coasts from Sicily to Egypt. Ammianus Marcellinus described ships in Alexandria hurled by the wave onto rooftops.
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Alive at the time
- Augustine of Hippo (aged 11)
- Hypatia (aged 5)