1796 Latakia earthquake

Earthquake affecting Syria yes 26 April 1796 Syria s y 6.8 20 km 36.527 37.956 inline, title 9 1,500 fatalities The 1796 Latakia earthquake struck present-day east coast of Syria on 26 April. The earthquake had an estimated surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and maximum EMS-92 intensity of VIII–IX (Heavily damaging–Destructive). Damage in Latakia was heavy and there was an estimated 1,500 people killed. Impact In Latakia, one-third of homes in the city were destroyed while the rest were damaged. Buildings, watchtowers and minarets collapsed. There were about 1,500 fatalities among the city's population of 5,000. A tobacco customs house in the port area collapsed, killing 400 people. Most houses were also destroyed in Jableh. The minaret of a mosque in the city collapsed. Many farmers living in villages outside the cities also died. The Margat and Al-Qadmus castles were totally destroyed. North of Latakia, in Bayırbucak and along the Nahr al-Kabir, many deaths occurred. Shaking was felt from Aleppo to Tripoli and Sidon.Sbeinati Mohamed Reda Darawcheh Ryad Mouty Mikhail The historical earthquakes of Syria: an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D. Annals of Geophysics 2005 48 3 374–375 https://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/908/1/01Sbeinati.pdf The earthquake was followed by coseismic coastal uplift.Stiros Stathis C. Earthquakes, tsunamis, dried harbors and seismic coastal uplift: evidence from the Eastern Mediterranean Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews 2022 4 3 319–328 10.1007/s42990-022-00079-8 2022MGRv....4..319S 250286320 See also List of earthquakes in the Levant List of earthquakes in Turkey References Category:1790s earthquakes Category:1796 disasters Category:1796 in Asia Category:Earthquakes in the Levant Category:Earthquakes in Syria