Bourke, Sparks, and Mairs (1999:53–57) report that an entire Bronze Age complex in Area XXIV on Tell el-Husn, "consisting of a single main constructional phase, and at least two phases of rebuilding," was "destroyed in a massive earthquake, probably dating towards the end of the LBIIA period [1400–1300 BCE], based on pottery sealed in destruction layers." A hoard of eleven leaf-shaped copper-alloy arrowheads and stunning bolts, "all in an excellent state of preservation," was recovered from the lip of a stone-lined storage bin covered by the destruction debris. Such arrowheads "first appear during the LBA, probably in response to the contemporary developments in scale armour."

Discussing evidence attributed to the same event in Area XXII at Tabaqat Fahl (Pella), Bourke (2004:8–9) notes a "sharp warping of the underlying foundations in the north temple area [in Area XXII], still clear today from aerial photographs." Raphael and Agnon (2018:775), citing Bourke (2012), report that the same earthquake is indicated by a "major change in the design of the temple [Pella Migdol Temple ?], around 1350–1300 BCE," probably resulting from a "severe earthquake," in which the "western wall of the temple revealed stress-twisting and shattering."

Bourke (2004:8–9) further observes that "similar earthquake-related damage is found throughout the city and in buildings on nearby Tell Husn (Bourke et al. 1999)."