Active thrusting offshore Mount Lebanon: Source of the tsunamigenic A.D. 551 Beirut-Tripoli earthquake

Elias, A.; Tapponnier, Paul; C. Singh, S.; C. P. King, G.; Briais, A.; Daëron, Mathieu; D. Carton, H.; Sursock, A.; Jacques, E.; Jomaa, R.; Klinger, Yann

doi:10.1130/g23631a.1

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Active thrusting offshore Mount Lebanon: Source of the tsunamigenic A.D. 551 Beirut-Tripoli earthquake

Published in Geology • Jan 1, 2007

Authors:

A. Elias

Paul Tapponnier

S. C. Singh

Abstract

On 9 July A.D. 551, a large earthquake, followed by a tsunami, destroyed most of the coastal cities of Phoenicia (modern-day Lebanon). Tripoli is reported to have “drowned,” and Berytus (Beirut) did not recover for nearly 1300 yr afterwards. Geophysical data from the Shalimar survey unveil the sourc...

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