1269 Cilicia earthquake
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| Local date | 14 May 1269 |
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| Local time | First hour of the night |
| Magnitude | 7.0 (est.) |
| Epicenter | 37°30′N 35°30′E / 37.5°N 35.5°E |
| Areas affected | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ilkhanate, Principality of Antioch (Modern Turkey, Northwest Syria) |
| Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) |
| Tsunami | none |
| Casualties | 8,000[1] or over 60,000 dead (est.)[2] |
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".[1] Most sources give a death toll of 8,000 in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in southern Asia Minor,[1] but a figure of 60,000 dead was reported by Robert Mallet in 1853 and repeated in many later catalogues.[3][4][5]
Tectonic setting[edit]
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.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Guidoboni, E.; Comastri, A. (2005). "1269 04 17 , 17:00 Cilicia (Turkey)".
- ^ 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, OCLC 7695380
- ^ Walford, Cornelius (1879) The famines of the world: past and present London, page 55, OCLC 38724391
- ^ Lomnitz, Cinna (1974) Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., Amsterdam, ISBN 0-444-41076-7
- ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. "Significant Earthquake Information". doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ Duman, T.Y.; Emre, Ö (2013). "The East Anatolian Fault: geometry, segmentation and jog characteristics". In Robertson, A.H.F.; Parlak, O; Ünlügenç, U.C. (eds.). Geological Development of Anatolia and the Easternmost Mediterranean Region. Special Publications. London: Geological Society. doi:10.1144/SP372.14. ISBN 9781862393530. S2CID 129225180.
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