1339 Earthquake: Tarabulus (Tripolis), Lebanon
An earthquake struck Tarabulus (Tripolis), Lebanon in 1339. It killed 60 people.
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
- 1339
- Place
- Tarabulus (Tripolis), Lebanon
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.300° N, 35.500° E
- Country
- Lebanon
The toll
- Deaths
- 60
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- December 5, 1033, Ramala, Gaza, Nablus, Egypt, Israel, Syria
- September 18, 844, Antakya, Dimashq (Damascus), Turkey, Syria
- May 20, 1202, Southwestern, Syria
- November 25, 1759, Damascus, Antioch, Baalbec, Syria, Lebanon-Syria
- 1183, Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- August 13, 1822, Halab,dimashq (Damascus),, Antakya, Syria, Turkey
- January 1, 1837, Beirut (Beyrout), Zefat (Safed), Lebanon, Israel
- 1155, Tarabulus, Antioch, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- October 30, 1759, Zefat (Safed), Israel
- February 26, 1796, Al-Ladhiqiyah (Latakia), Syria
- March 16, 1956, Litani, Lebanon
- October 28, 1354, Hamah (Hama),hims (Hums),balabakk, Syria
- August 12, 2024, Syria, Lebanon
- 494, Tarabulus (Tripolis), Syria, Lebanon
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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 525.