September 458 Earthquake: Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
An earthquake struck Antakya (Antioch), Turkey in September 458. It killed 80,000 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
- September 458
- Place
- Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.200° N, 36.100° E
- Country
- Turkey
The toll
- Deaths
- 80,000
- 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.
September 11, 458, 4th hour of the night. Antioch, also felt throughout Asia Minor, and in Thrace. (reference #521)
September 458, Antioch, 80,000 victims, intensity IX. (reference #1222)
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
- 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- September 30, 587, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras, Syria, Turkey
- 341, Antakya (Antioch), Cyprus (Salamis), Turkey
- 565, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- August 13, 1822, Halab,dimashq (Damascus),, Antakya, Syria, Turkey
- 1183, Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- January 3, 1344, Membij, Aleppo, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- November 29, 528, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- October 26, 1156, Halab (Aleppo), Malatich, Syria
- 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 116.