Near East earthquakes of 1759

Name: Near East earthquakes of 1759
Start: 1759

1759 CE.

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The 1759 Near East earthquakes shook a large portion of the Levant in October and November of that year. This geographical crossroads in the Eastern Mediterranean were at the time under the rule of the Ottoman Empire (includes portions of what are now Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Israel, Palestine and Jordan). The ruins of Baalbek, a settlement in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon east of the Litani River, were badly damaged. These 1759 events, along with the earlier 1202 Syria earthquake, are likely the strongest historical earthquakes in the region.

Text from the Wikipedia article 1759 Near East earthquakes, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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