Earthquake I
Kázmér and Major (2010:194) report that Earthquake I "produced
the V-shaped extrusion on top of the
donjon (60°–240°)", occurring
after the
donjon was completed but before the southern tower was
constructed, since "there are no traces at all of this damage direction
on the southern tower". Kázmér and Major (2010:194) dated this event to
between 1187 and 1285 CE, after the Hospitallers took the castle but prior
to its Mamluk occupation. They identified the
1202 CE earthquake as a likely candidate for Earthquake I.
Kázmér and Major (2010:196) further assessed that
Earthquake I "consisted of vibration in SW–NE plane, damaging the
donjon and room M3."