What the records say
- When
- 20 May 1202
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 33.50° N, 36.00° E
- Deaths
- 30000
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.6
- Runups
- 3
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1202 Syria earthquake
Earthquake affecting the Levant
The 1202 Syria earthquake struck at about dawn on 20 May 1202 with an epicenter in southwestern Syria. The earthquake is estimated to have killed around 30,000 people. It was felt over an extensive area, from Sicily to Mesopotamia and Anatolia to upper Egypt, mostly affecting the Ayyubid Sultanate and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The cities of Tyre, Acre and Nablus were heavily damaged.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page