1268 Cilicia earthquake

1268 Cilicia earthquake

Local 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	Turkey
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[edit]

^ 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

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[1] 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

[2] Walford, Cornelius (1879) The famines of the world: past and present London, page 55, OCLC 38724391

[3] Lomnitz, Cinna (1974) Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., Amsterdam, ISBN 0-444-41076-7

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