1269 Cilicia earthquake
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| Local date | 14 May 1269 |
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| Local time | First hour of the night |
| Magnitude | 7.0 (est.) |
| Epicenter | 37°30′N 35°30′E / 37.5°N 35.5°E |
| Areas affected | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ilkhanate, Principality of Antioch (Modern Turkey, Northwest Syria) |
| Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) |
| Tsunami | none |
| Casualties | 8,000[1] or over 60,000 dead (est.)[2] |
An earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana on 14 May 1269 at "the first hour of the night".[1] Most sources give a death toll of 8,000 in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in southern Asia Minor,[1] but a figure of 60,000 dead was reported by Robert Mallet in 1853 and repeated in many later catalogues.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Guidoboni, E.; Comastri, A. (2005). "1269 04 17 , 17:00 Cilicia (Turkey)".
- ^ Ganse, Robert A. and Nelson, John B. (1981) Catalog of Significant Earthquakes 2000 BC - 1979 Including Quantitative Casualties and Damage (NOAA/NGDC Report SE-27), World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data and Information Service, Boulder, Colorado, OCLC 7695380
- ^ Walford, Cornelius (1879) The famines of the world: past and present London, page 55, OCLC 38724391
- ^ Lomnitz, Cinna (1974) Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., Amsterdam, ISBN 0-444-41076-7
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