The 1759 CE Safed and Baalbek Quakes are well documented by contemporary sources such as an anonymous letter from the French consul in Sidon (Lebanon), a letter written by Boutros Jalfaq, the Archbishop of Sidon, as well as news reports and other documents. The 25 November 1759 CE Baalbek earthquake appears to have ruptured at least 110 km of the nearby Serghaya fault. It caused collapses and deaths in Baalbek and Ras-Baalbek, and produced major damage to the Baalbek monuments — including the fall of three columns from the peristyle of the Great Temple (Temple of Jupiter) and the drop of the soffit of the door of the lesser temple.