November 1666 Earthquake: Al-Mawsil, Armenia, Iraq
An earthquake struck Al-Mawsil, Armenia, Iraq in November 1666.
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
- November 1666
- Place
- Al-Mawsil, Armenia, Iraq
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.000° N, 42.500° E
- Country
- Iraq
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 847, Al-Mawsil, Iraq
- September 6, 845, Al-Mawsil, Iraq
- 1781, Al-Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq
- July 24, 1991, Arbil, Dibs, Iraq
- May 13, 986, Al-Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq
- February 12, 1130, Al-Mawsil (Mosul),jabal,jazirah, Iraq
- November 1137, Mesopotamia, Mosul, Iraq-Syria
- 678, Between Tigris and Tharthar Rivers, Jazirah, Iraq
- January 25, 749, NE of Tharthar River, Jazirah, Iraq
- June 14, 2012, Sirnak, 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 1036.