1269 Cilicia earthquake
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| Local date | 1268 |
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| Magnitude | 7.0 (est.) |
| Epicenter | 37°30′N 35°30′E / 37.5°N 35.5°E |
| Areas affected | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ilkhanate, Principality of Antioch |
| Tsunami | none |
| Casualties | over 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Walford, Cornelius (1879) The famines of the world: past and present London, page 55, OCLC 38724391
- ^ Lomnitz, Cinna (1974) Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., Amsterdam, ISBN 0-444-41076-7
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