1157 Hama earthquake

1157 Hama earthquake
Local date	12 August 1157
Magnitude	7.4 Ms
Epicenter	35°06′N 36°30′E / 35.1°N 36.5°E
Areas affected	Syria (region)
Total damage	Extreme
Max. intensity	MMI VIII (Severe) – MMI IX (Violent)
Casualties	8,000

After a year of foreshocks, an earthquake occurred on 12 August 1157 near the city of Hama, in west-central Syria (then under the Seljuk rule), where the most casualties were sustained.^[2] In eastern Syria, near the Euphrates, the quake destroyed the predecessor of the citadel al-Rahba, subsequently rebuilt on the same strategic site. The earthquake also affected Christian monasteries and churches in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

References

^ Sbeinati, M.R.; Darawcheh R.; Mouty M (2005). "The historical earthquakes of Syria: an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D." Annals of Geophysics. 48 (3): 347–435. doi:10.4401/ag-3206.
^ ^a ^b Ambraseys, Nicholas N. (2004). "The 12th century seismic paroxysm in the Middle East: a historical perspective" (PDF). Annals of Geophysics. 47 (2–3). Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia: 733, 738, 745, 750.
^ ^a ^b National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Information, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K

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[Sbeinati-1] Sbeinati, M.R.; Darawcheh R.; Mouty M (2005). "The historical earthquakes of Syria: an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D." Annals of Geophysics. 48 (3): 347–435. doi:10.4401/ag-3206.

[Ambraseys-2] Ambraseys, Nicholas N. (2004). "The 12th century seismic paroxysm in the Middle East: a historical perspective" (PDF). Annals of Geophysics. 47 (2–3). Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia: 733, 738, 745, 750.

[NGDC-3] National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Information, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K

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v t e Earthquakes in the Levant
Classic era	115 Antioch earthquake 363 Galilee 526 Antioch earthquake 551 Beirut earthquake
Middle ages	749 Galilee 847 Damascus 859 Syrian coast 1033 Jordan Valley 1068 Near East 1138 Aleppo 1157 Hama 1170 Syria 1202 Syria 1344 Syria
Ottoman era	1759 Near East 1796 Latakia 1822 Aleppo 1834 Jerusalem 1837 Galilee 1856 Heraklion 1872 Amik
Contemporary	1927 Jericho 1955 Alexandria 1956 Chim 1969 Sharm El Sheikh 1995 Gulf of Aqaba 2023 Turkey–Syria

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