November 29, 533 Earthquake: Aleppo, Syria
An earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria on November 29, 533. It killed 130,000 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
- November 29, 533
- Place
- Aleppo, Syria
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.200° N, 37.200° E
- Country
- Syria
The toll
- Deaths
- 130,000
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.
533, November 29. Aleppo, 130,000 persons killed; Constantinople, slight shock. (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
- 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- September 458, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- 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 136.