- 1268 Cilicia earthquake
Earthquake
title=1268 Cilicia earthquake
date=1268
magnitude = 7.0 (est.)
depth=
location=coord|37.5|N|35.5|E
countries affected =Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ,Ilkhanate ,Principality of Antioch
tsunami = none
casualties = over 60,000 dead (est.) [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, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7695380 OCLC 7695380] ]The Cilicia earthquake in 1268 was one of the most tremendous earthquakes in which over 60,000 people perished [Walford, Cornelius (1879) "The famines of the world: past and present" London, page 55, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38724391 OCLC 38724391] ] [Lomnitz, Cinna (1974) "Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk" Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., Amsterdam, ISBN 0-444-41076-7] . The earthquake occurred in the
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia , in southern Asia Minor. The epicenter was northeast of the city ofAdana .Notes
External links
* [http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/earthquakes/damage_deadly Most deadly earthquakes in history]
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