- Date added
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May 20, 2022, 4 a.m.
- Description
- According to ancient texts, in 325 BC or 326 BC, a large earthquake along the Makran coast in the North Arabian Sea generated a destructive tsunami which destroyed part of Alexander the Great's fleet. The following is an evaluation of this event as deduced from historical records and current geophysical understanding of the seismo-tectonics of the Makran Subduction Zone - a source region of large earthquakes and tsunamis, recently and in the past.
