May 13, 986 Earthquake: Al-Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq
An earthquake struck Al-Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq on May 13, 986.
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
- May 13, 986
- Place
- Al-Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.200° N, 43.100° E
- Country
- Iraq
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- 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.
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, 2005, Hakkari, Turkey
- February 12, 1130, Al-Mawsil (Mosul),jabal,jazirah, Iraq
- November 1137, Mesopotamia, Mosul, Iraq-Syria
- November 1666, Al-Mawsil, Armenia, Iraq
- 678, Between Tigris and Tharthar Rivers, Jazirah, Iraq
- January 25, 749, NE of Tharthar River, Jazirah, Iraq
- June 14, 2012, Sirnak, Turkey
- June 3, 2006, Hakkari, Turkey
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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 300.