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| Local date | 30 December 859 – 29 January 860 |
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| Epicenter | 36°00′N 36°00′E / 36.0°N 36.0°E[1] |
| Areas affected | Abbasid Caliphate (now Turkey and Syria) |
| Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) |
| Casualties | Many victims |
The 859 Syrian coast earthquake affected the Mediterranean coast of Syria in the year 859 or 860 CE (Hijri year 245).[2] It caused almost the complete destruction of Latakia and Jableh, major damage at Antioch and led to many deaths.[3]
- ^ National Centers for Environment Information. "Comments for this earthquake". Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ Antonopoulos, J. (1980). "Data from investigation of seismic Sea waves events in the Eastern Mediterranean from 500 to 1000 A.D.". Annals of Geophysics. 33 (1). doi:10.4401/ag-4701.
- ^ Ambraseys, N. (2009). Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East: A Multidisciplinary Study of Seismicity up to 1900 (First ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 243–244. ISBN 978-1-316-34785-0.