The 551 Beirut earthquake occurred on 9 July with an estimated magnitude of about 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of X...

Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from weak events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden...

Latrun (Nicopolis) affected 526 – 526 Antioch earthquake 528 – 528 Antioch earthquake 551 – 551 Beirut earthquake affects much of the Middle East, possibly...

only one fighting Al Mundhir) with the Phoenician military. The 551 Beirut earthquake occurs on 9 July with an estimated magnitude of about 7.5 on the...

Salvatore (October 2000). "The 9 July 551 Ad Beirut Earthquake, Eastern Mediterranean Region". Journal of Earthquake Engineering. 4 (4): 403–414. Bibcode:2000JEaEn...

of millions dying is uncertain. In July 551, the eastern Mediterranean was rocked by the 551 Beirut earthquake, which triggered a tsunami. The combined...

Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred...

while a large bath complex flanked its northern side. After the 551 Beirut earthquake, the Forum‘s public buildings were partially restored. In the early...

– The 551 Malian Gulf earthquake takes place in the vicinity of the Malian Gulf; it affects the cities of Echinus and Tarphe. July 9 – Beirut is destroyed...

active seismicity came and went, with significant events like the 551 Beirut earthquake damaging much of the Levant and including Baalbek, but other more...

Beirut (/beɪˈruːt/ , bay-ROOT; Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2014[update], Greater Beirut has a...

standing after the 551 Beirut earthquake, remaining a simple earth path for a long time. In 1874, the Ottoman urbanization plan of Beirut turned Souk al-Tawileh...

period of autonomy. It came under Roman rule around 64 BCE. The 551 Beirut earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Byzantine city of Tripoli along with other...

early-Christian times demonstrate the prosperity of the island until the 551 Beirut earthquake. Tilos followed Rhodes into the Byzantine Empire, following the...

period of autonomy. It came under Roman rule around 64 BCE. The 551 Beirut earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Byzantine city of Tripoli along with other...

AD). Emperor Justinian I renovated its fortifications, but the 551 Beirut earthquake and tsunami caused major damage, and the town probably never recovered...

starting in 502, a series of earthquakes shattered the city and left it diminished. The worst one was the 551 Beirut earthquake which was accompanied by a...

created in the early first century under Augustus. The terrible Berytus earthquake of 551 AD destroyed all the baths. Today, one of the baths is used as an...

centuries until the school's destruction in a powerful earthquake. After the 551 Beirut earthquake the students were transferred to Sidon. Since the third...

professor of Beirut's law school, was extolled by Theaetetus as "the light of the law". After the massive 551 Beirut earthquake, Julianus left Beirut and settled...

Christian faith. On July 9, 551, the Phoenician coastal cities were devastated by a high-magnitude earthquake. In Beirut the earthquake was followed by a tsunami...

starting in 502, a series of earthquakes shattered Tyre area and left the city diminished. The worst one was the 551 Beirut earthquake. It was accompanied by...

Christianized became a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Antioch. In the 551 Beirut earthquake, Batroun was destroyed, and mudslides and cracks occurred at the...

Legum (Beirut, Mother of Laws) in his Omnem constitution. In 551, a major earthquake struck Berytus, causing widespread damage. The earthquake reduced...

and villas prospered during Romano-Byzantine times, until the 551 A.D. when the earthquake destroyed it.Solidere Souk al-Tawileh and Souk al-Jamil were...

colonia. 551 CE – Earthquake. 635 – Beirut passes into Arab control. 759 – Prince Arslan bin al-Mundhir founds the Principality of Sin-el-Fil in Beirut. 1110...

The cisterns were damaged and partially destroyed during the big earthquake of 551 AD. Since then they were no more used. List of Roman cisterns Roman...

few incorporated figurative designs. Beirut prospered during Roman and Byzantine times, until the earthquake of 551 AD destroyed the Roman city of Berytus...

to ancient texts is believed to be near Beirut's famous law school before it was leveled by the 551 earthquake. Planet Discovery is the only permanent...

the result of the disastrous earthquake of 551, the students were transferred to Sidon. The dating of the event to 551: as a law student, Agathias could...