1679 Armenia earthquake

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1679 Armenia earthquake

Date	June 4, 1679 (1679-06-04) ^[1]
Magnitude	6.4 M_s ^[2]
Epicenter	40°12′N 44°42′E / 40.2°N 44.7°E / 40.2; 44.7Coordinates: 40°12′N 44°42′E / 40.2°N 44.7°E / 40.2; 44.7 ^[2]
Countries or regions	Khanate of Erevan, Persian Empire
Max. intensity	IX – X ^[2]
Casualties	7,600 ^[1]^[2]

The 1679 Armenia earthquake (also called 1679 Yerevan Earthquake) took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia (then part of the Persian Empire).^[1]

Buildings destroyed

Yerevan	Other places
Yerevan Fortress (completely) Saint Poghos-Petros Church Katoghike Church, Yerevan St. Sarkis church of Dzoragyugh district Surb Zoravor Church of Yerevan Gethsemane Chapel	Kanaker village (completely) Karbi town St. George church of Noragavit Church of Noragyugh St. Simeon Church of Nork Garni Pagan Temple Havuts Tar monastery complex Saint Sargis Monastery of Ushi Aghjots Vank monastery Geghard monastery Khor Virap Church of Jrvezh Dzagavank, Arinj Church of Gyamrez Hovhannavank Monastery

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (Armenian) Tadevos Hakobyan; ԵՐԵՎԱՆԻ ՊԱՏՄՈՒԹՅՈՒՆԸ (1500–1800 ԹԹ.) (History of Yerevan (1500-1800), 1979, Publishing of YSU, p. 328
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Utsu, T. R. (2002), "A List of Deadly Earthquakes in the World: 1500-2000", International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology, Part A, Volume 81A (First ed.), Academic Press, p. 69, ISBN 978-0124406520

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