1319 Earthquake: Ararat, Sini, Ani, St Thaddeus, Armenia, Iran
An earthquake struck Ararat, Sini, Ani, St Thaddeus, Armenia, Iran in 1319. It killed 75 people.
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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
- 1319
- Place
- Ararat, Sini, Ani, St Thaddeus, Armenia, Iran
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.100° N, 44.500° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- 75
- 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.
1319. Asia Minor, Armenia in the provinces of Ararat and Sini, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
1319. In the province of Ararat and Sini in Armenia very violent. Ani or Ana was completely ruined, and many other towns and villages were reduced to the same condition. (reference #1217)
1319. 39.68 N, 44.3 E, intensity VIII, magnitude 5.5, Ararat, Syunik, St. Thaddeus. (reference #3437)
1319. 39.1 N, 44.5 E, magnitude 5.3. In 1319 an earthquake in the region of Maku destroyed the twelfth-century monastery of St Taddeus (the Qara Kilisa or church of Tata'us) in the vicinity of Siyah Chashmeh, killing seventy-five people. (reference #1117)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia
- November 18, 1727, Tabriz, Iran
- January 8, 1780, Tabriz, Iran
- November 4, 1042, Tabriz, Iran
- August 21, 1042, Tabriz, Iran
- February 5, 1641, Tabriz, Kurdistan, Iran
- 851, Dvin, Armenia
- January 858, Dvina, Turkey, Armenia
- June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, Armenia
- November 24, 1976, Muradiye, Turkey
- April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, Turkey
- April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, Armenia
- May 6, 1930, Salmas, Iran
- 854, Tovin, Armenia
- March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey
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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 516.