What the records say
- When
- 5 Apr 991
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Coordinates
- 33.20° N, 36.20° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 991 Damascus earthquake.
Summary
991 Damascus earthquake in Syria: According to historian George Elmacin (13th century), the earthquake caused the fall of 1,000 houses in Damascus itself, and many people were trapped in their ruins and died. The village of Beglabec was reportedly engulfed, due to the earthquake.
991 Damascus earthquake
Earthquake in Syria
The 991 Damascus earthquake took place in the city of Damascus on 5 April, 991.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Damasco se registra un fuerte terremoto y un tsunami que dejan miles de muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page