Significant earthquakes of 457

457 Earthquake: Antakya (Antioch), Turkey

457

An earthquake struck Antakya (Antioch), Turkey in 457.

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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
457
Place
Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
Intensity
X, extreme shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
36.200° N, 36.100° E
Country
Turkey
Region
Middle East

The toll

Damage
Extreme (about $25 million or more)

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.

457 ?, Asia Minor, Antioch, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts.

(reference #1055)

457, Antioch, complete destruction, intensity IX-X. (reference #1222)

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

  1. #1055 Milne, John (1911). Catalogue of Destructive Earthquakes [7 to 1899 A.D.], Report of the 81st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Portsmouth, London, United Kingdom, p. 649-740.
  2. #1222 Alsinawi, S.A., S.G. Baban, and A.S. Issa (1985). Historical seismicity of the Arab region. IASPEI/UNESCO Working Group on Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes, August 27-28, 1985, Tokyo; Preliminary Proceedings, p. 59-84.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 115.