678 Earthquake: Between Tigris and Tharthar Rivers, Jazirah, Iraq
An earthquake struck Between Tigris and Tharthar Rivers, Jazirah, Iraq in 678.
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
- 678
- Place
- Between Tigris and Tharthar Rivers, Jazirah, Iraq
- Intensity
- VII, very strong shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.000° N, 43.500° E
- Country
- Iraq
- Region
- Middle East
The toll
- 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.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1057 Alsinawi, S. and Amir S. Issa (1985). On the historical seismicity of Iraq. IASPEI/UNESCO Working Group on Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes, August 27-28, 1985, Tokyo; Preliminary Proceedings, p. 85-92.
- #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
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 847, Al-Mawsil, Iraq
- September 6, 845, Al-Mawsil, Iraq
- 1781, Al-Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq
- July 24, 1991, Arbil, Dibs, Iraq
- January 25, 749, NE of Tharthar River, Jazirah, Iraq
- April 18, 1086, Mesopotamia,jazirah,badharaya, Syria, Iraq
- April 957, Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, Iraq
- December 8, 1058, Mosul, Kirkuk, Hamadan, Tikrit, Wasit, Amah, Iraq
- May 13, 986, Al-Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq
- February 12, 1130, Al-Mawsil (Mosul),jabal,jazirah, Iraq
- November 1666, Al-Mawsil, Armenia, Iraq
- November 1137, Mesopotamia, Mosul, Iraq-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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 161.