Latakia

Latakia

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Names

Introduction

Laodicea ad Mare from The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Aerial Views and Illustrations

Aerial Views

Latakia in Google Earth

Latakia

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Illustrations

Textual Chronology

29 November 1114 CE Marash Earthquake

Ambraseys (2009), without citing a source, claims that Latakia was repaired after the 29 November 1114 CE Marash Quake. I suspect this is a mistake.

Paleoseismic Chronology

11th century BCE Coastal Uplift

Discussion

Paleoseismic Effects

11th century BCE Coastal Uplift

Effect	Location	Image(s)	Description
Coastal Uplift	Levantine Coast from Turkey to Lebanon Uplift reported in Levantine Coast around 3000 yr BP (11th century BCE) by Morhange et al. (2006a) Map created by JW using Google Earth Click on image to open in a new tab		Morhange et al. (2006a:112) report that "seismotectonic displacement(s)" uplifted the northern Levantine coast "around 3000 BP," with the amplitude of uplift progressively decreasing from levantine Turkey toward southern Lebanon. Morhange et al. (2006a:111) further note that on the Syrian coast an uplifted shoreline occurs between "+0.7 and +2.8 m and is dated to ca. 2900–2800 BP (Dalongeville et al., 1993)," while in the Orontes delta region of Turkey the coast was uplifted by approximately "+2 m around 3000 BP (Pirazzoli et al., 1991)." They add that "south of Lebanon, from Israel to Gaza and the Sinai, no evidence is found for an elevated shoreline above present MSL (Galili et al., 1998; Sivan et al., 2001)," indicating that "only the northern Levant coast was uplifted around 3000 BP."

Paleoseismic Intensity Estimates

11th century BCE Coastal Uplift

Effect	Location	Image(s)	Description	Intensity
Coastal Uplift	Levantine Coast from Turkey to Lebanon Uplift reported in Levantine Coast around 3000 yr BP (11th century BCE) by Morhange et al. (2006a) Map created by JW using Google Earth Click on image to open in a new tab		Morhange et al. (2006a:112) report that "seismotectonic displacement(s)" uplifted the northern Levantine coast "around 3000 BP," with the amplitude of uplift progressively decreasing from levantine Turkey toward southern Lebanon. Morhange et al. (2006a:111) further note that on the Syrian coast an uplifted shoreline occurs between "+0.7 and +2.8 m and is dated to ca. 2900–2800 BP (Dalongeville et al., 1993)," while in the Orontes delta region of Turkey the coast was uplifted by approximately "+2 m around 3000 BP (Pirazzoli et al., 1991)." They add that "south of Lebanon, from Israel to Gaza and the Sinai, no evidence is found for an elevated shoreline above present MSL (Galili et al., 1998; Sivan et al., 2001)," indicating that "only the northern Levant coast was uplifted around 3000 BP."	IX

The paleoseismic evidence suggests an Intensity of IX (9) when using the ESI-2007 Earthquake Environmental Effects Chart.

Notes and Further Reading

References

Articles and Books from Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Websites

Wikipedia pages

Latakia

Laodicea in Syria

Latakia Timeline

Ugarit