September 30, 587 Earthquake: Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
An earthquake struck Antakya (Antioch), Turkey on September 30, 587. It killed 60,000 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 30, 587
- Place
- Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.250° N, 36.100° E
- Country
- Turkey
The toll
- Deaths
- 60,000
- 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.
July 9, 587, Antioch, Very destructive, intensity IX. (reference #1222)
September 30, 587, 3 hours after twilight, Antioch. (reference #521)
September 30, 587, 36.25 N, 36.1 E, Antakya, 60,000 missing, intensity IX. (reference #3733)
October 31, 588, Antioch, destroyed, 60,000 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
- September 458, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- 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 152.