1402 Earthquake: Syria
An earthquake struck Syria in 1402. It caused a tsunami.
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
- 1402
- Place
- Syria
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 35.000° N, 37.000° E
- Country
- Syria
The toll
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Mallet (Reference #1879) says: "1402. [Earthquake in] Syria. The sea retired, so that the bottom could be seen at more than a mile from the ordinary beach, and then returned with great impetuosity. Many towns were ruined, and mountains overthrown."
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 13, 115, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- May 29, 525, Antakya (Antioch), Samandag, Turkey
- November 29, 533, Aleppo, Syria
- February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- September 458, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- September 30, 587, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- September 18, 844, Antakya, Dimashq (Damascus), Turkey, Syria
- 341, Antakya (Antioch), Cyprus (Salamis), Turkey
- 565, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- May 20, 1202, Southwestern, Syria
- 1183, Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- August 13, 1822, Halab,dimashq (Damascus),, Antakya, Syria, Turkey
- January 3, 1344, Membij, Aleppo, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- November 29, 528, Antakya (Antioch), 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 581.