The lake front at Geneva, hardest hit by the Tauredunum event of 563 AD.
The Tauredunum event (German: Tauredunum-Ereignis) of 563 AD was a tsunami on Lake Geneva (then under the Frankish territory of the Kingdom of Orleans), triggered by a massive landslide which caused widespread devastation and loss of life along the lakeshore. According to two contemporary chroniclers, the disaster was caused by the collapse of a mountainside at a place called Tauredunum at the eastern end of Lake Geneva. It caused a great wave to sweep the length of the lake, sweeping away villages on the shoreline and striking the city of Geneva with such force that it washed over the city walls and killed many of the inhabitants.
A study published in October 2012 suggests that the Tauredunum landslide triggered the collapse of sediments that had accumulated at the point where the River Rhône flows into Lake Geneva. This caused a huge underwater mudslide that displaced several hundred million cubic metres of sediment, producing a tsunami up to 16 metres (52 ft) high that reached Geneva within about 70 minutes. There is evidence of four previous mudslides, suggesting that tsunamis may be a recurrent phenomenon on Lake Geneva. It is also speculated that such an event could happen again, with far more severe consequences as more people live within potentially affected areas, and because most people are not accustomed to the idea of tsunamis happening in landlocked bodies of water and are thus unaware of the danger.
The Tauredunumevent (German: Tauredunum-Ereignis) of 563 AD was a tsunami on Lake Geneva (then under the Frankish territory of the Kingdom of Orleans)...
becomes the centre and most visible monument of Eastern Orthodoxy. Tauredunumevent: A mountain landslide into the Rhone river destroys a fort and two...
stretches of coastline, but can do so in only a few minutes at a time. The Tauredunumevent was a large tsunami on Lake Geneva in 563 CE, caused by sedimentary...
destroying the fort of Tauredunum and other settlements, and causing numerous deaths in Geneva. Simulations indicate that this Tauredunumevent was most likely...
causing numerous deaths in Geneva. Simulations indicate that this Tauredunumevent was most likely caused by a massive landslide near where the Rhone...
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becomes the centre and most visible monument of Eastern Orthodoxy. Tauredunumevent: A mountain landslide into the Rhone river destroys a fort and two...
way to the summit, there is a mountain lake, the Lac de Taney. The Tauredunumevent of AD 563 is thought to have occurred on the slopes of Le Grammont...
soon annexed by the Frankish monarchy (534). The natural disaster of Tauredunum, perhaps Grammont, in 563 saw a section of mountain collapse, destroying...
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