1269 Cilicia earthquake

Earthquake in Turkey 1269 Cilicia earthquake yes 14 May 1269 First hour of the night Turkey w 7.22±0.46 36.936 N 36.265 E inline,title VIII 8,000 or over 60,000 dead (est.)Ganse, Robert A. and Nelson, John B. (1981) Catalog of Significant Earthquakes 2000 BC – 1979 Including Quantitative Casualties and Damage (NOAA/NGDC Report SE-27), World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data and Information Service, Boulder, Colorado, 7695380 Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ilkhanate, Principality of Antioch (Modern Turkey, Northwest Syria) Location of the epicenter in the Turkey-Syria border. An earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (modern day Turkey) on 14 May 1269 at "the first hour of the night".Guidoboni E. Comastri A. 2005 1269 04 17, 17:00 Cilicia (Turkey) https://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/quake.php?M2123IT Most sources give a death toll of 8,000 in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in southern Asia Minor, but a figure of 60,000 dead was reported by Robert Mallet in 1853 and repeated in many later catalogues.Walford, Cornelius (1879) The famines of the world: past and present London, page 55, 38724391Lomnitz, Cinna (1974) Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., Amsterdam, 0-444-41076-7National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Significant Earthquake Information 1972 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/9952 1 May 2024 10.7289/V5TD9V7K Tectonic setting The area occupied by the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia lies close to the boundaries between three tectonic plates, the Arabian plate, the African plate and the Anatolian plate. The movement between these plates is taken up by large fault zones, particularly the Dead Sea Transform and the East Anatolian Fault. At its southwestern end, the East Anatolian Fault (EAF) splits into two main branches, both of which link through to the Cyprus Arc. The northern branch of the EAF itself branches into several segments, some of which, such as the Toprakkale Fault and Düziçi–İskenderun Fault Zone, cross the Çukurova Plain, close to the foot of the Nur Mountains.Duman T.Y. Geological Development of Anatolia and the Easternmost Mediterranean Region Emre Ö Geological Society 2013 9781862393530 Robertson A.H.F. Special Publications London The East Anatolian Fault: geometry, segmentation and jog characteristics 10.1144/SP372.14 129225180 Parlak O Ünlügenç U.C. Earthquake The Kandilli Observatory estimated the moment magnitude (w) at 7.22 ± 0.46. They placed the epicenter about 10 km south of Osmaniye.Sesetyan K. Stucchi M. Castelli V. Capera A.A. Gomez Kahramanmaraş – Gaziantep Türkiye M7.7 Earthquake, 6 February 2023 (04:17 GMT+03:00) Large historical earthquakes of the earthquake-affected region: a preliminary report https://eqe.bogazici.edu.tr/sites/eqe.boun.edu.tr/files/kahramanmaras-gaziantep_earthquake_06-02-2023_large_hist_eqs_v1.pdf 3 May 2024 Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Department of Earthquake Engineering 16 February 2023 In the CFTI5MED Catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy and in the Mediterranean area, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) give a similar location for the epicenter but give a lower estimate for the magnitude of 6.4 e (a magnitude derived from seismic intensity, intended to be equivalent to w). Damage Several contemporary sources report that the fortress of Sarvandikar was destroyed, killing those inside. Several castles were also ruined, including those at Delnk'ar, Hamus, Harunye and Hagar Suglan. The monastery of Ark'akalin (thought to be located near SisEdwards R.W. 1993 Settlements and toponymy in Armenian Cilicia https://archive.org/stream/revue-des-etudes-armeniennes/Revue%20des%20%C3%A9tudes%20arm%C3%A9niennes/REArm_24_1993_djvu.txt Revue des Études Arméniennes 24 184–249 10.2143/REA.24.0.2017117 ) was severely damaged, leading to the deaths of priests and monks. Many villages were destroyed across Cilicia, particularly those at the foot of the Nur Mountains. About 8,000 people were said to have died. References 1268 Category:13th century in the Middle East Category:13th-century earthquakes Category:Late Medieval Anatolia 1268 Category:1268 in Asia