What the records say
- When
- 23 Mar 893
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Coordinates
- 38.20° N, 48.20° E
- Description
- 893 Ardabil earthquake. Several earthquake catalogues and historical sources describe this earthquake as a destructive earthquake that struck the city of Ard…
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 893 Ardabil earthquake.
893 Dvin earthquake
Earthquake in Armenia
The 893 Dvin earthquake occurred on 28 December 893 at around midnight. It had a magnitude of approximately 6 and a maximum intensity of approximately IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It destroyed the city of Dvin in Armenia, causing approximately 30,000 casualties.
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