October 28, 1354 Earthquake: Hamah (Hama),hims (Hums),balabakk, Syria

Date

October 28, 1354

Place

Hamah (Hama),hims (Hums),balabakk, Syria

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.100° N, 36.400° E

Country

Syria

Deaths

24

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.

• December 13, 115, Antakya (Antioch), TurkeyM7.5 · 260,000 deaths · 114 km
• May 29, 525, Antakya (Antioch), Samandag, TurkeyM7 · 250,000 deaths · 131 km
• November 29, 533, Aleppo, Syria130,000 deaths · 142 km
• February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria80,000 deaths · 9 km
• September 458, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey80,000 deaths · 125 km
• 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria80,000 deaths · 142 km
• September 30, 587, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey60,000 deaths · 131 km
• September 18, 844, Antakya, Dimashq (Damascus), Turkey, Syria50,000 deaths · 178 km
• 341, Antakya (Antioch), Cyprus (Salamis), Turkey40,000 deaths · 125 km
• 565, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey30,000 deaths · 125 km
• May 20, 1202, Southwestern, SyriaM7.6 · 30,000 deaths · 182 km
• 1183, Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria20,000 deaths · 67 km
• August 13, 1822, Halab,dimashq (Damascus),, Antakya, Syria, Turkey20,000 deaths · 106 km
• November 29, 528, Antakya (Antioch), TurkeyM7.1 · 4,870 deaths · 131 km
• 1155, Tarabulus, Antioch, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria2,000 deaths · 67 km

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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 546.