(the 1138 aleppo earthquake was among the deadliest earthquakes in history)
(its name was taken from the city of ‘aleppo’, in northern ‘syria’, where the most casualties were sustained)
(the quake occurred on ’11 October 1138′ and was preceded by a smaller quake on the 10th)
(it is frequently listed as the third deadliest earthquake in history, following on from the ‘shensi’ and ‘tangshan’ earthquakes in ‘china’)
(however, the figure of 230,000 dead is based on a historical conflation of this earthquake with earthquakes in ‘november 1137’ on the ‘jazira plain’ and the large seismic event of ’30 September 1139′ in the transcaucasian city of ‘ganja’)
(the first mention of a 230,000 death toll was by ‘ibn taghribirdi’ in the fifteenth century)
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