Kemal ad-Din (Ibn al-Adim) wrote that a prodigious earthquake struck on Thursday, 20 October 1138 CE, with aftershocks continuing until June 1139 CE. In Aleppo, people were said to have evacuated their homes and fled to the countryside. Stones were reported to have detached from walls and fallen into the streets, and the noise of the earthquake was described as terrifying. The citadel of al-Atharib collapsed, killing 600 Muslims, but the governor [Emad ad-Din] survived with a few [other] men. Numerous places were said to have been damaged, including Shiah, Tell-ʿAmar, Tell Khalid, and Zaradna. Many houses were destroyed, walls collapsed, and the two walls, east and west, of the citadel [of Aleppo?] collapsed. In addition to the sound of the earthquakes and the months of aftershocks, Kemal ad-Din noted that there were 80 shocks in total.