Whether as-Suyūṭī mentioned damage in Apamea from the 1170 CE Earthquake(s) depends on the translation.

In the abridged translation by Sprenger (1843:747), it is said that in A.H. 565, there was “an earthquake in Syria, Mesopotamia, and almost all the world” which “destroyed many walls and houses in Syria, more particularly at Damascus, Emessa, Apamea, Aleppo, and Balbek.”

Meanwhile, the translation by Nejjar (1973–1974), based on a semi-critical edition of as-Suyūṭī, omits Apamea entirely. It states that in “A.H. 565 [September 25, 1169 / September 13, 1170], a very violent earthquake occurred in Shâm and al-Jazira,” which “affected the greater part of these provinces” so that “several enclosures were destroyed and many houses collapsed on their inhabitants in Shâm, notably in Damascus, Hʾims [Homs], Hʾamât [Hama], and Aleppo.” This translation adds that “the enclosure as well as most of the citadel of Baʾalbakk [Baalbek] was destroyed,” but makes no mention of Apamea.