847 Damascus earthquake
Earthquake affecting Syria and Lebanon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 847 Damascus earthquake occurred (probably on 24 November) in AD 847. Recent scholarship suggests that the earthquake was part of a multiple earthquake stretching from Damascus to the south, to Antioch in the north and to Mosul in the east.[2] There were an estimated 20,000 casualties in Antioch according to the 13th-century historian and writer Al-Dhahabi, and 50,000 in Mosul. It is thought to be one of the most powerful earthquakes along the Dead Sea Transform.[1]
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Local date | 24 November 847 (847-11-24) |
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Magnitude | 7.3 Mw [1] |
Epicenter | 34.4°N 36.3°E / 34.4; 36.3 [2] |
Fault | Yammouneh Fault |
Areas affected | Bilad al-Sham, Abbasid Caliphate (modern Lebanon and Syria) |
Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) [2] |
Casualties | 70,000 |
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