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1269 Cilicia earthquake

Coordinates: 37°30′N 35°30′E / 37.5°N 35.5°E / 37.5; 35.5
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1268 Cilicia earthquake
1269 Cilicia earthquake is located in Turkey
1269 Cilicia earthquake
UTC time??
Magnitude7.0 (est.)
Epicenter37°30′N 35°30′E / 37.5°N 35.5°E / 37.5; 35.5
Areas affectedArmenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ilkhanate, Principality of Antioch
Tsunaminone
Casualtiesover 60,000 dead (est.)[1]

The Cilicia earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana in 1268. Over 60,000 people perished in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in southern Asia Minor.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Walford, Cornelius (1879) The famines of the world: past and present London, page 55, OCLC 38724391
  3. ^ Lomnitz, Cinna (1974) Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., Amsterdam, ISBN 0-444-41076-7