Other Authors
Ambraseys (2004:743) notes that
15th century author Ibn Taghribirdi conflates the 1138 CE Aleppo Quakes with the large event of 30 September 1139 in Ganjak
while adding that Ibn Taghribirdi reports a loss of 230000 lives in the [1138 CE Aleppo] earthquake
when
in fact these losses were due to the earthquake in Ganjak in Georgia
.
Guidoboni et al. (2004:112-113) discussed earthquakes which followed the 1138 CE Aleppo Quake:
These earthquakes in 1138–1139 were followed by
at least four that affected south-eastern Turkey (the
historic Cilicia) very little of which is known, all recalled by Michael the Syrian, as a primary source;
they had taken place:
- in September or October 1140, probably causing light damage [JW:This may have actually been on ~29 Oct. 1139 CE - See Michael the Syrian in textual Evidence]
- in June 1141: the small coastal town of Kalinag, in Cilicia, not well located today, suffered damage
- in May 1145
- on 29 December 1149
These were probably earthquakes
that were mostly non-destructive but very well felt,
so much so as to be mentioned in the texts of the day
(see Guidoboni and Comastri, 2003)