1269 Cilicia earthquake

An earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana on 14 May 1269 at "the first hour of the night".[1] Most sources give a death toll of 8,000 in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in southern Asia Minor,[1] but a figure of 60,000 dead was reported by Robert Mallet in 1853 and repeated in many later catalogues.[3][4]

1269 Cilicia earthquake
1269 Cilicia earthquake is located in Turkey
1269 Cilicia earthquake
Local date14 May 1269
Local timeFirst hour of the night
Magnitude7.0 (est.)
Epicenter37.5°N 35.5°E / 37.5; 35.5
Areas affectedArmenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ilkhanate, Principality of Antioch (Modern Turkey, Northwest Syria)
Max. intensityVIII (Severe)
Tsunaminone
Casualties8,000[1] or over 60,000 dead (est.)[2]

References

  1. Guidoboni, E.; Comastri, A. (2005). "1269 04 17 , 17:00 Cilicia (Turkey)".
  2. Ganse, Robert A. and Nelson, John B. (1981) Catalog of Significant Earthquakes 2000 BC - 1979 Including Quantitative Casualties and Damage (NOAA/NGDC Report SE-27), World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data and Information Service, Boulder, Colorado, OCLC 7695380
  3. Walford, Cornelius (1879) The famines of the world: past and present London, page 55, OCLC 38724391
  4. Lomnitz, Cinna (1974) Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., Amsterdam, ISBN 0-444-41076-7


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