1114 Earthquake: Halab (Aleppo), Antakya (Antioch), Syria, Turkey

Name: 1114 Earthquake: Halab (Aleppo), Antakya (Antioch), Syria, Turkey
Location: Halab (Aleppo), Antakya (Antioch), Syria, Turkey

1114

An earthquake struck Halab (Aleppo), Antakya (Antioch), Syria, Turkey in 1114.

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: 1114
Place: Halab (Aleppo), Antakya (Antioch), Syria, Turkey
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 36.100° N, 36.100° E
Country: Turkey

The toll

Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

1114. Asia Minor, Antioch and the country round. Intensity II which corresponds to buildings may be unroofed or shattered and some may fall, the ground may be badly cracked in places and small landslips occur. (reference #1055)

1114. Two separate earthquakes. Antioch and the country round. Trialeth, Mariseum, Manistria, and other towns were destroyed wholly or in part. (reference #521)

1114, June 7 - 1115, May 26 (A.H. 508). Thirteen settlements around Urfa were destroyed and the walls of Harran in Turkey collapsed. Samsat was completely destroyed and many Greeks perished. Also in El-Sun about 100 houses and one-half of the fortress was destroyed. (reference #1098)

1115. Kufa, Harran. Intensity IX-X. Thirteen settlements around Kufa were destroyed, the walls of Harran collapsed.

Samsat completely destroyed. El-Sun half of the fortress was destroyed. (reference #1222)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1114 The 1100s Recent earthquakes near here

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 383.