Download or read book Active tectonics of the Hellenic subduction zone written by Beth Shaw and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines what was responsible for a tsunami that destroyed settlements in the Mediterranean in 365 AD. It details how western Crete was lifted out of the sea by up to 10 meters in a massive earthquake, which occurred on a previously unknown fault.