Estoire de Jerusalem et
d’Antioche is a chronicle that appears to have
relied heavily on
Fulcher of Chartres.
In the *Estoire*, it is recorded that
we were visited by an
earthquake
on the day of the
Feast of Saint Lawrence
in 1114, dating the event to 10 August 1114 CE. The text goes on
to state that
all the towns and settlements along the coast
collapsed, thereby killing the inhabitants
and that
the towns of
Marash and Trihalet collapsed
in ruins
.
Various scholars have proposed that “Trialeth” may refer to
Balis on the Euphrates or
Tell Khalid (Trialeth).
Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)
suggest that the *Estoire*’s description of the destruction of
coastal towns,
Marash, and Trihalet
actually refers to the earthquake of 13 November 1114 CE, arguing
that the author conflated the 10 August and 13 November events.
However, the spatial distribution of
IDPs indicates that it
is more likely the *Estoire* conflated the 10 August and
29 November earthquakes.