Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- 30. Okt. 1759
- Art
- Tsunami
- Koordinaten
- 33.00° N, 35.50° E
- Deaths
- 2000
- Max water height m
- 8
- Source quake magnitude
- 6.6
- Runups
- 2
Im Gebiet platziert, nicht an einem genauen Ort.
1759 Near East earthquakes
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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