August 12, 2024 Earthquake: Syria, Lebanon
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Syria, Lebanon on August 12, 2024 at 20:55:59 UTC, 7 km below the surface. It killed 2 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
- August 12, 2024
- Time
- 20:55:59 UTC
- Place
- Syria, Lebanon
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 7 km (4 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.121° N, 37.015° E
- Country
- Syria
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 65
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000) with its tsunami and other effects
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.
One person killed at 'Afrin. One person died from a heart attack, 65 people injured and many homes and buildings damaged in the Al-Salamiyah area. Some homes damaged in the Beirut area, Lebanon. (reference #13456)
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
- 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
- 1155, Tarabulus, Antioch, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
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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 10817.