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Gomez et. al. (2003)

Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

  • Data from Poirier & Taher (1980), Ambraseys & Barazangi (1989), Ambraseys & White (1997), Ambraseys & Jackson (1998) and Sbeinati et al (2003)
Table 1 - Large historical earthquakes in western Syria and Lebanon (32.5° - 35.5° N)
Year Magnitude Affected Areas in order of decreasing Intensity
198 BC ? Lebanese coast, southern Syria
115 AD ? Northwest Syria
303 AD ~7.0 Lebanese coast, southern Syria
551 AD 7.0 - 7.5 Lebanese coast
749 AD 7.0 - 7.5 Southern Bekaa Valley, southern Syria
859 AD 7.0 - 7.5 Northwest Syria
991 AD 7.0 - 7.5 Bekaa Valley, AntiLebanon
1063 AD ~7.0 Northern Lebanese coast, Syrian coast
1157 AD 7.0 - 7.5 Northwest Syria, Ghab Valley
1170 AD > 7.5 Northern Lebanon, Syrian coast
1202 AD > 7.5 Mt Lebanon, Bekaa Valley, Hula Basin, Lebanese-Syrian coast
1705 AD ~ 7.0 AntiLebanon, Zabadani and Bekaa Valleys, Damascus, northern Lebanese coast
1759 AD ~ 7.4 Bekaa Valley, AntiLebanon, Golan Heights, Mt Lebanon, Damascus
1837 AD 7.0 - 7.5 Western Lebanon, southern Bekaa Valley, Hula Basin

References

Gomez, F., et al. (2003). "Holocene faulting and earthquake recurrence along the Serghaya branch of the Dead Sea fault system in Syria and Lebanon." Geophysical Journal International 153(3): 658-674.