1109 Earthquake: Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
An earthquake struck Antakya (Antioch), Turkey in 1109.
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
- 1109
- Place
- Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- Intensity
- XI, extreme shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.200° N, 36.100° E
- Country
- Turkey
- Region
- Middle East
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1109, Antiochia. The earth opened up and houses were swallowed up. Intensity X-XI. (reference #1222)
1109, Antioch. The earth opened and houses were swallowed up. Intensity X-XI. (reference #1879)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1222 Alsinawi, S.A., S.G. Baban, and A.S. Issa (1985). Historical seismicity of the Arab region. IASPEI/UNESCO Working Group on Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes, August 27-28, 1985, Tokyo; Preliminary Proceedings, p. 59-84.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 13, 115, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- May 29, 525, Antakya (Antioch), Samandag, Turkey
- November 29, 533, Aleppo, Syria
- September 458, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- September 30, 587, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras, Syria, Turkey
- 341, Antakya (Antioch), Cyprus (Salamis), Turkey
- 565, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- August 13, 1822, Halab,dimashq (Damascus),, Antakya, Syria, Turkey
- 1183, Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- January 3, 1344, Membij, Aleppo, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- November 29, 528, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- October 26, 1156, Halab (Aleppo), Malatich, 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 381.