公元前16世纪,克里特岛北边的桑托林岛火山发生了一次极为猛烈的火山喷发,火山喷发后只剩下锡拉岛和一些小岛矗立在爱琴海中。海啸专家后来研究发现,那次火山喷发引起的海啸巨浪高出海平面90多米,并波及到了300千米外的尼罗河河谷。1498年9月20日日本东海道因海底8.6级地震引起海啸,海啸最大波高15～20米,在伊势湾冲毁 In the 16th century BC, an extremely violent volcanic eruption took place in the volcano Santorini in the north of Crete, leaving only Thira and some small islands standing in the Aegean Sea. A tsunami expert later discovered that the huge tsunami wave caused by that volcanic eruption was over 90 meters above sea level and reached the Nile Valley 300 kilometers away. On September 20, 1498, a tsunami caused by the 8.6-magnitude ocean-going earthquake in Tokaido, Japan, the maximum wave height of the tsunami was 15-20 meters and was destroyed by the Ise bay