Earthquake on the Northern Syrian Frontier (393 AH)

Name: Earthquake on the Northern Syrian Frontier (393 AH)
Start: 1002
End: 1003

Type Event Region Asia Time c. 1002–1003

In 393 AH (c. 1002–1003 CE), Arab chronicles record an earthquake in Sham, the Awassim, and the Sujur frontier, collapsing fortresses and killing peo…

Timeline

c. 1002–1003Syria, the Awassim, and the Sujur · SyriaAl-Suyuti and others record an earthquake in Sham and frontier towns in 393, with castles and fortresses collapsing and people killed under rubble. Ibn Taghribirdi, as cited by Taher, gives the shock as affecting Syria, the Awassim, and the Sujur. The catalogue has no corresponding entry for 1008; the old year was a misprint.

Sources

The historical earthquakes of Syria: an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D. — Mohamed Reda Sbeinati, Ryad Darawcheh, Mikhail Mouty (2005) https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3206
Taher (1979) Arabic earthquake texts — 393 A.H. — M.A. Taher (1979) https://deadseaquake.info/EarthquakeCatalogOfTheDeadSea/CollectionOfEarthquakeCatalogs/Taher1979.html