August 13, 1822 Earthquake: Halab,dimashq (Damascus),, Antakya, Syria, Turkey

August 13, 20h, 36 N, 36 E, intensity X-XI. Destructive earthquake, particularly at Antakya (Antiochia) and Halab (Aleppo), two thirds of the town destroyed, thousands of inhabitants perished, less damage at Djesr and Ladhiqiya (Latakia), tsunami at Beirut, Jerusalem, Iskenderun and in Cyprus. (reference #1099)

August 13, 1822, earthquake in Aaia Minor, Aleppo, Antioch, Latakia, and Desr-Darjua, Beyrout, Alexandria, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)

August 13, 1822, earthquake in Aleppo, Halab, Syria and Antakya, Turkey, 8,000 deaths. (reference #1051)

1822-Aleppo destroyed; above 20,000 perish; shocks on 10th and 13th of August and 5th of September. (reference #1073)

August 13, 1822, Southeastern Anatolia. This earthquake was the largest lo occur at the junction of the Dead Sea fault zone with the East Anatolian fault during the last five centuries The earthquake was felt from the coast of the Black Sea to Gaza and it was followed by a long aftershock sequence. The shock almost entirely destroyed the region between Gaziantep and Antakya in Turkey and Aleppo and Han Sheikhun in northwestern Syria, killing a very large number of people […] Aleppo, a city built almost entirely of stone, with about 40 000 houses containing a population of about 200 000, including the suburbs. was ruined. Statistics for earthquake casualties are generally reckoned to be grossly exaggerated; however, the best estimate of casualties in Aleppo is that made some time after the event by European consuls, who reckon that 7000 people were killed within the walls of the city (the gates of which were shut for the night at the time of the earthquake) and about 200 in the extramural part of Aleppo, where most people were able to escape into the gardens. The shock, and its many destructive aftershocks during the ensuing 10 minutes, killed 5300 Arabs and Turks, including Sheikh Abdallah ar-Razah, a religious leader of Aleppo. The Jews suffered most, since their quarters were badly built and with very narrow lanes between the houses; out of a total of about 3000, 600 were killed, mainly women and children. The Armenian community lost about 1400 and the very much smaller European community lost 13. including the Grand Dragoman and the Austrian consul, who was killed in the street in an aftershock occurring a few minutes after the main shock […] Damage along the Syrian coast was also serious. One third of Lattakiya was again destroyed and a further third was damaged. Not a single warehouse in the harbour area was considered to have escaped; the convent and the French consulate were damaged and 48 people were killed and 20 injured […] It is not possible to determine the total number of people killed in this earthquake. Contemporary estimates vary between 30000 and 60000, while more sober estimates put the total at 20 000 dead and as many injured. Internal evidence does suggest, however, that the destruction and loss of life may have been very great. (reference #9116)

Aleppo: 15000-25000 deaths; Antakya: 4000- 5000 deaths; Latakia: ~ 200 deaths; Darkush: large number of deaths; Maaret Misrin: considerable number of deaths; Jawziyah: Darkush: large number of deaths; Jableh: killing ~ 300 people. (reference #14012)