1183 Earthquake: Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria

Date

1183

Place

Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

34.500° N, 36.500° E

Country

Syria

Deaths

20,000

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.

• December 13, 115, Antakya (Antioch), TurkeyM7.5 · 260,000 deaths · 182 km
• May 29, 525, Antakya (Antioch), Samandag, TurkeyM7 · 250,000 deaths · 198 km
• November 29, 533, Aleppo, Syria130,000 deaths · 199 km
• February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria80,000 deaths · 69 km
• September 458, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey80,000 deaths · 192 km
• 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria80,000 deaths · 199 km
• September 30, 587, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey60,000 deaths · 198 km
• September 18, 844, Antakya, Dimashq (Damascus), Turkey, Syria50,000 deaths · 113 km
• 341, Antakya (Antioch), Cyprus (Salamis), Turkey40,000 deaths · 192 km
• May 20, 1202, Southwestern, SyriaM7.6 · 30,000 deaths · 120 km
• November 25, 1759, Damascus, Antioch, Baalbec, Syria, Lebanon-SyriaM7.4 · 30,000 deaths · 152 km
• 565, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey30,000 deaths · 192 km
• August 13, 1822, Halab,dimashq (Damascus),, Antakya, Syria, Turkey20,000 deaths · 173 km
• January 1, 1837, Beirut (Beyrout), Zefat (Safed), Lebanon, IsraelM6.4 · 6,000 deaths · 191 km
• November 29, 528, Antakya (Antioch), TurkeyM7.1 · 4,870 deaths · 198 km

Significant earthquakes of 1183The 1100sRecent earthquakes near here

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 430.