A powerful earthquake in 1202 devastated a broad stretch of the Levantine coast and adjacent inland cities. Numerous medieval writers in Latin, Arabic, Syriac, and Old French describe the destruction, and although they wrote in different places and contexts, their accounts collectively indicate a single regional disaster affecting much of the eastern Mediterranean littoral. One of the most immediate accounts comes from Geoffrey of Donjon, who reported that the port city of Acre suffered a "most convenient port" struck by an "unspeakably dreadful and death-dealing blow." According to his account, some towers, the ornate royal palace, and sections of the city walls were ruined, and many inhabitants—both rich and poor—perished in the collapse. A similar description appears in a letter attributed to Philipe du Plessis, who reported that most of the walls and houses at Acre were razed to the ground, crushing many people beneath the ruins. He contrasted this devastation with the survival of certain structures, which he attributed to divine mercy. Another Latin chronicler, Robert of Auxerre, echoed these reports, stating that most of the city of Acre— including its ramparts, houses, and even the royal palace— was reduced to ruins and that countless inhabitants were killed. Arabic historians also recorded the disaster. Ibn al-Latif al-Baghdadi, quoting a letter from Damascus, reported that most of Acre had been overthrown and that a third of the city of Tyre was destroyed, while the towns of Irqa and Safith were said to have been swallowed up. The historian Ibn al-Athir reported that the citadels of Tripoli, Tyre, Acre, and Nablus were destroyed, indicating that the earthquake affected both coastal strongholds and inland cities. A similar geographical scope appears in the chronicle of Sibt ibn al-Jawzi, who noted that the earthquake struck several coastal cities, including Tyre, Tripoli, and a place he calls "`Araqa," possibly referring to Acre. Another Syrian historian, Abu Shama, stated that Acre and Tyre were destroyed along with many coastal citadels. Western chroniclers writing in the Latin East also preserved memories of the event. The Chronicle of Ernoul and of Bernard le Tresorier reported that earthquakes brought down the walls of Tyre, Beirut, and Acre, although many of these structures were later rebuilt. Another Old French historical tradition preserved in the History of Heraclius (Estoire d’Eracles) records that funds sent overseas from Cîteaux were needed because earthquakes in the Holy Land had damaged the walls of Tyre and Acre and rebuilding was required. Syriac sources also attest to the regional scale of the disaster. The historian Bar Hebraeus reported that earthquakes destroyed many buildings and walls in Damascus, Emesa, Hamath, Tripoli, Tyre, Acre, and Samaria. Later historians continued to repeat the tradition. Ibn al-Dawādārī reported that Acre and Tyre were destroyed together with the fortresses of the coast. Similarly, the Annales de Terre Sainte summarized the event by noting that in the year 1202 an earthquake devastated Acre, Tyre, Gibelet, Archis, and part of Tripoli, along with many other Christian and Muslim towns. Taken together, these accounts indicate that the earthquake of 1202 was a large regional event that caused severe destruction along the Levantine coast from Beirut and Tyre to Acre and Tripoli and was felt far inland in cities such as Damascus and Hamath. The consistency of reports from multiple linguistic and cultural traditions—Latin, Arabic, Syriac, and Old French—suggests that the disaster was widely observed and remembered across the eastern Mediterranean.