Earthquake — Lebanon-Syria: Baalbec; Syria: Damascus, Antioch

Wann

25. Nov. 1759

Art

Erdbeben

Magnitude

7.4

Position

Lebanon

Koordinaten

33.30° N, 35.70° E

Deaths

30000

Intensity mmi

9

Im Gebiet platziert, nicht an einem genauen Ort.

Series of earthquakes in Levant

The 1759 Near East earthquakes shook a large portion of the Levant in October and November of that year. This geographical crossroads in the Eastern Mediterranean were at the time under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The ruins of Baalbek, a settlement in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon east of the Litani River, were badly damaged.

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