Near East earthquakes of 1759 were a series of devastating earthquakes that shook a large portion of the Levant in October and November of that year . This geographical crossroads in the Eastern Mediterranean includes portions of Syria , Lebanon , Turkey , and Israel . The ruins of Baalbek , a settlement in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon east of the Litani River , were badly damaged . These events , along with the earlier 1202 Syria earthquake , are likely the strongest historical earthquakes in the region
1202 Syria earthquake
1202 Syria earthquake
Near East earthquakes of 1759