Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An manta da wurin da garin yake, kuma Phalasarna ya bayyana a cikin bayanan Venetian ne kawai a matsayin birni da ya ɓace. An sake gano shafin a karni na 19 ta masu binciken Burtaniya Robert Pashley da Kyaftin T. A. B. Spratt. Spratt, na Royal Navy, ya lura a cikin 1859 cewa tsohuwar tashar jiragen ruwa na wurin da aka yi watsi da shi yanzu yana da nisan mita 100 daga teku, kuma cewa tsohuwar gabar teku dole ne ta tashi aƙalla ƙafa ashirin da huɗu. Tattarawar zamani ta tabbatar da wannan hukunci, kuma ta nuna cewa tashar jiragen ruwa ta yi sauri bayan harin Roman. Ranar radiocarbon na burbushin algae tare da tsohuwar alamar matakin teku a kan duwatsu a kusa da Phalasarna ya kiyasta canjin matakin teku a wani lokaci fiye da ƙarni goma sha shida da suka gabata. Wataƙila abin da ya faru shi ne babban girgizar ƙasa
da tsunami na 21 Yuli A.D. 365, wanda ya haifar da mummunar lalacewa a duk gabar tekun gabashin Rum kuma Ammianus Marcellinus da sauransu sun rubuta shi. Wani tsohuwar tafkin kifi da ke da matakai biyu da aka sassaƙa a cikin duwatsu na bakin teku kusa da ƙofar tashar jirgin ruwa ya tsage a rabi, wataƙila a lokacin girgizar ƙasa.