The sea encroached on the land following the quake, and ruins of Herakleion are now about four miles from land in the Bay of Abu Qir.The sea also engulfed Canopus and Menouthis.

• 地震后不久，由于气候因素造成的地中海水位上涨使得海水逐渐侵蚀了这些倒塌的城市，昔日的古城由盛转衰，往日的喧嚣和繁荣也随着时间被彻底埋葬。