The 1872 Amik (Antioch) earthquake occurred on April 3 with an epicenter the Amik Valley in the Ottoman Empire. Earthquake catalogs place the surface-wave magnitude at Ms 7.2 (old journals place this at 5.9) and MSK 64 rating at XI (Catastrophic). Turkey and Syria were devastated by this earthquake, and the region lost at least 1,800 residents.