An earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills about 230,000 people

When

11 Oct 1138

Kind

Earthquake

Coordinates

36.22° N, 37.17° E

Description

An earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills about 230,000 people.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1138 Aleppo earthquake.

12th-century earthquake in Syria

The earthquake that struck Aleppo and the rest of northern Syria on 11 October 1138 was among the deadliest earthquakes in history. The earthquake, preceded by a smaller one on 10 October, caused damage and chaos to many places in the area around Aleppo. It is frequently listed as the third deadliest earthquake in history, following on from the Shensi and Tangshan earthquakes in China.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Suriye'nin Halep kentinde meydana gelen depremde yaklaşık 230.000 kişi hayatını kaybetti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Erdbeben von Aleppo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “tremblement de terre à Alep. victimes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “землетрясение в Алеппо”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Ganza y Alepo (Siria) se registra un terremoto de 7,1, que deja un saldo de 230.000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “阿勒頗發生大地震。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page