957 Caspian Sea earthquake

The 957 Caspian Sea earthquake took place in the Caspian Sea and its vicinity in 957 (Hijri year 346). The earthquake is mentioned by several Arab and Syriac chronicle writers, who claimed that it mainly affected the region of Persian Iraq. The initial shocks lasted 40 days, but ceased for a while . The main earthquake then occurred, damaging the cities of Ray, Talikan, and Hulwan. A reported number of 150 villages were supposedly destroyed by the earthquake.

957 Caspian Sea earthquake

The 957 Caspian Sea earthquake took place in the Caspian Sea and its vicinity in 957 (Hijri year 346). The earthquake is mentioned by several Arab and Syriac chronicle writers, who claimed that it mainly affected the region of Persian Iraq. The initial shocks lasted 40 days, but ceased for a while . The main earthquake then occurred, damaging the cities of Ray, Talikan, and Hulwan. A reported number of 150 villages were supposedly destroyed by the earthquake.