1268 Cilicia earthquake

1268 Cilicia earthquake

Date	1268
Magnitude	7.0 (est.)
Epicenter	37°30′N 35°30′E / 37.5°N 35.5°E / 37.5; 35.5Coordinates: 37°30′N 35°30′E / 37.5°N 35.5°E / 37.5; 35.5
Areas affected	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ilkhanate, Principality of Antioch
Tsunami	none
Casualties	over 60,000 dead (est.)^[1]

The Cilicia earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana in 1268. Over 60,000 people perished in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in southern Asia Minor.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ 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

Earthquakes in Turkey

Historical	115 Antioch 526 Antioch 847 Damascus 1268 Cilicia 1509 Constantinople 1653 East Smyrna 1688 Smyrna 1855 Bursa 1859 Erzurum 1894 Istanbul 1903 Manzikert 1912 Mürefte 1914 Burdur

Contemporary	1924 Pasinler 1926 Kars 1930 Salmas 1935 Erdek–Marmara Islands 1935 Digor 1938 Kırşehir 1939 Erzincan 1941 Van–Erciş 1942 Niksar–Erbaa 1943 Adapazarı–Hendek 1943 Tosya–Ladik 1944 Bolu–Gerede 1946 Varto–Hınıs 1949 Karlıova 1951 Kurşunlu 1952 Hasankale 1953 Yenice–Gönen 1957 Fethiye 1957 Abant 1966 Varto 1967 Mudurnu 1970 Gediz 1971 Bingöl 1975 Lice 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye 1983 Erzurum 1983 Biga 1992 Erzincan 1995 Dinar 1998 Adana–Ceyhan 1999 Izmit 1999 Düzce 2003 Bingöl 2010 Elazığ 2011 Kütahya 2011 Van 2014 Aegean Sea

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