Significant Earthquakes in Syria
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in Syria, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in Syria with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 34
- Deaths counted
- 491,826
- Earliest
- 2000 BC
The deadliest
- November 29, 533, Aleppo, Syria
- February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- December 5, 1033, Ramala, Gaza, Nablus, Egypt, Israel, Syria
- September 18, 844, Antakya, Dimashq (Damascus), Turkey, Syria
- May 20, 1202, Southwestern, Syria
- 1158, Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria
- 1183, Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- January 3, 1344, Membij, Aleppo, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- 1155, Tarabulus, Antioch, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- October 26, 1156, Halab (Aleppo), Malatich, Syria
- February 26, 1796, Al-Ladhiqiyah (Latakia), Syria
- October 11, 1138, Aleppo, Harim, Zaranda, Athareb, Shih, Syria
- October 28, 1354, Hamah (Hama),hims (Hums),balabakk, Syria
- August 12, 2024, Syria, Lebanon
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- August 12, 2024, Syria, Lebanon
- 1905, Bayront, Rasum-Kale (Near Halab), Lebanon, Syria
- February 26, 1796, Al-Ladhiqiyah (Latakia), Syria
- 1616, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- 1404, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- November 16, 1403, Syrian Coasts
- 1402, Syria
- October 28, 1354, Hamah (Hama),hims (Hums),balabakk, Syria
- January 3, 1344, Membij, Aleppo, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- 1284, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- May 20, 1202, Southwestern, Syria
- 1183, Tripoli, Antakya, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- 1182, Palestine, Busra, Israel, Syria
- 1169, Halab (Aleppo),dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- 1158, Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria
- February 13, 1157, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
- October 26, 1156, Halab (Aleppo), Malatich, Syria
- 1155, Tarabulus, Antioch, Lebanon, Dimashq, Turkey, Syria
- 1151, Busra, Syria
- October 11, 1138, Aleppo, Harim, Zaranda, Athareb, Shih, Syria
- 1089, Tudmur (Palmyra), Syria
- 1076, (Many Countries), Syria
- December 5, 1033, Ramala, Gaza, Nablus, Egypt, Israel, Syria
- April 5, 991, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- 951, Antakya, Halab (Aleppo),rahba,duluk, Turkey, Syria
- November 24, 847, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- September 18, 844, Antakya, Dimashq (Damascus), Turkey, Syria
- August 31, 748, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- 742, Syria, Israel, Asia
- July 9, 552, Antakya (Antioch), Halab (Aleppo), Turkey, Syria
- November 29, 533, Aleppo, Syria
- 522, Syria
- 1365 BC, Syrian Coasts
- 2000 BC, Ugarit, Syria
By country
- Afghanistan72
- Albania56
- Algeria58
- Antarctica7
- Antigua and Barbuda3
- Argentina39
- Armenia13
- Atlantic Ocean7
- Australia34
- Austria8
- Azerbaijan17
- Azores28
- Bangladesh19
- Barbados1
- Belgium1
- Bering Sea1
- Bhutan5
- Bolivia19
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11
- Brazil13
- British Virgin Islands1
- Bulgaria18
- Burundi1
- Cameroon2
- Canada22
- Canary Islands2
- Central African Republic1
- Chile200
- China626
- Colombia83
- Comoros1
- Congo7
- Costa Rica37
- Cote d'Ivoire2
- Croatia53
- Cuba15
- Cyprus10
- Czech Republic1
- Djibouti2
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic19
- Ecuador70
- Egypt17
- El Salvador42
- Eritrea6
- Ethiopia11
- Fiji20
- France43
- French Guiana2
- French Polynesia1
- Gabon1
- Georgia15
- Germany9
- Ghana6
- Greece296
- Greenland1
- Grenada1
- Guadeloupe9
- Guatemala47
- Guinea1
- Haiti21
- Honduras15
- Hungary5
- Iceland17
- India102
- Indian Ocean3
- Indonesia427
- Iran388
- Iraq24
- Ireland1
- Israel24
- Italy338
- Jamaica19
- Japan429
- Jordan5
- Kazakhstan9
- Kenya3
- Kermadec Islands23
- Kiribati1
- Kyrgyzstan15
- Laos2
- Lebanon14
- Libya2
- Madagascar1
- Malawi4
- Malaysia3
- Martinique10
- Mexico217
- Micronesia5
- Mongolia7
- Montenegro10
- Montserrat1
- Morocco21
- Mozambique3
- Myanmar43
- Nepal21
- Netherlands4
- New Caledonia28
- New Zealand72
- Nicaragua40
- North Korea6
- North Macedonia13
- Norway2
- Oman2
- Pacific Ocean2
- Pakistan55
- Palau1
- Panama23
- Papua New Guinea107
- Peru195
- Philippines233
- Poland8
- Portugal29
- Romania15
- Russia159
- Rwanda5
- Saint Lucia2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
- Samoa8
- Saudi Arabia3
- Senegal1
- Serbia15
- Sierra Leone1
- Slovakia3
- Slovenia22
- Solomon Islands63
- Solomon Sea2
- South Africa14
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands7
- South Korea22
- South Sudan4
- Spain35
- Sri Lanka1
- Sudan1
- Switzerland31
- Syria34
- Taiwan103
- Tajikistan29
- Tanzania8
- Tasman Sea1
- Thailand4
- Togo2
- Tonga26
- Trinidad and Tobago8
- Tunisia9
- Turkey360
- Turkmenistan12
- Uganda4
- UK Territories2
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom15
- United States283
- Uruguay2
- US Territories39
- Uzbekistan14
- Vanuatu65
- Venezuela65
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
- Yemen10
- Zambia1
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.