528 Antioch earthquake

When

29 Nov 528

Kind

Earthquake

Coordinates

36.25° N, 36.10° E

Description

Natural disaster: A second earthquake strikes Antioch, killing thousands.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 528 Antioch earthquake.

Earthquake striking Syria and Antioch in 528

The 528 Antioch earthquake was the second major earthquake to affect the city in a span of two years. The shock occurring on 29 November, estimated at Ms 7.1, was viewed by its residents as the end of a series of disasters that had plagued Antioch. It killed at least 4,870 people and razed the remaining buildings that did not collapse in the earthquake of 526, and newly constructed ones.

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