1089 Earthquake: Tudmur (Palmyra), Syria
An earthquake struck Tudmur (Palmyra), Syria in 1089.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- 1089
- Place
- Tudmur (Palmyra), Syria
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.300° N, 38.200° E
- Country
- Syria
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- September 18, 844, Antakya, Dimashq (Damascus), Turkey, Syria
- 1183, Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- 1155, Tarabulus, Antioch, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- October 28, 1354, Hamah (Hama),hims (Hums),balabakk, Syria
- August 12, 2024, Syria, Lebanon
- 742, Syria, Israel, Asia
- 1076, (Many Countries), Syria
- 1402, Syria
- August 31, 748, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- November 24, 847, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- April 5, 991, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 373.