1310 Earthquake: Shahrizur, Sulaimaniya, Baghdad, Iraq
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Shahrizur, Sulaimaniya, Baghdad, Iraq in 1310.
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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
- 1310
- Place
- Shahrizur, Sulaimaniya, Baghdad, Iraq
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.600° N, 46.000° E
- Country
- Iraq
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 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.
1310 Shahrizur. In Kurdistan, an earthquake destroyed many
houses, killing a great number of people in Shahrizur in
710 H. (reference #1117)
1310, intensity VII. Sulaimaniya, many houses and properties destroyed. Baghdad, rain water was red like blood. (reference #1222)
1310, intensity VII, Shahrazawr (35 N, 46 E), Baghdad (33.2 N, 44.26 E). (reference #1057)
1310, 35.6 N, 46 E, magnitude 5.5, intensity VII, Shahrizur, Sulaimaniya, Baghdad. (reference #3437)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 12, 2017, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, Iran
- July 23, 1981, Urumiyeh, Iran
- August 25, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- April 24, 2002, Kermanshah, Western, Iran
- November 25, 2018, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, Iran
- 1880, Saqqez, Iran
- July 22, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- January 6, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- April 1, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- April 957, Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, Iraq
- January 6, 2019, Sarpol-E Zahab, Kermanshah, Iran
- September 16, 1872, Songhor(Sonqor), Iran
- December 24, 2002, Kermanshah, Iran
- December 8, 1058, Mosul, Kirkuk, Hamadan, Tikrit, Wasit, Amah, Iraq
- April 912, Dinavar, Iran
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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 511.