May 11, 1149 Earthquake: Baghdad, Iraq
An earthquake struck Baghdad, Iraq on May 11, 1149.
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
- May 11, 1149
- Place
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 33.200° N, 44.400° E
- Country
- Iraq
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 17, 1007, Dinavar,baghdad, Tigris-Ktesiphon, Iran-Iraq
- December 2, 1864, Zurbatiyah, Badrah, Tursaq, Baghdad, Iraq
- November 25, 2018, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, Iran
- February 8, 1865, Turaq, Jassan, Kut-Al-Amarah, Baghdad, Iraq
- September 9, 910, Kufah,baghdad, Iraq
- March 958, Halwan,jalula,khanikin,baghdad, Iraq
- February 28, 1130, Baghdad, Iraq
- May 23, 860, Baghdad, Iraq
- May 1, 1769, Baghdad, Iraq
- April 14, 1867, Mandali,jalula,baghdad, Iraq
- April 18, 1086, Mesopotamia,jazirah,badharaya, Syria, Iraq
- December 8, 1058, Mosul, Kirkuk, Hamadan, Tikrit, Wasit, Amah, Iraq
- January 11, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- January 6, 2019, Sarpol-E Zahab, Kermanshah, Iran
- April 957, Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, Iraq
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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 406.