Georgius Monachus (George the Monk), also known as Georgius Hamartolos (George the Sinner) wrote only about the Talking Mule Quake. He described it as a powerful earthquake in Syria that destroyed some cities and partially damaged others. He reported that in one place, a village moved with its walls and buildings intact and that in Mesopotamia, the earth split three thousand feet and a white sandy soil came out of the chasm, followed by an onager which spoke prophecy and predicted a foreign invasion— which happened a short time later.