The 1157 Hama earthquake takes place after a year of foreshocks

متى

12 أغسطس 1157

النوع

حدث

إحداثيات

35.10° N, 36.50° E

الموضع: coordinates of the event it links, 1157 Hama earthquake.

The 1157 Hama earthquake takes place after a year of foreshocks. Its name is taken from the city of Hama, in west-central Syria (then under Seljuk rule), where the most casualties are sustained.

Earthquake in west-central Syria, 1157

After a year of foreshocks, an earthquake occurred on 12 August 1157 near the city of Hama, in west-central Syria, where the most casualties were sustained. In eastern Syria, near the Euphrates, the quake destroyed the predecessor of the citadel al-Rahba, subsequently rebuilt on the same strategic site. The earthquake also affected Christian monasteries and churches in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

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