What is 1138 Aleppo earthquake?
The '''1138 Aleppo earthquake''' happened near the town of [[Aleppo]] in northern [[Syria]] on 11 October 1138. The [[United States Geological Survey]] lists it as the [[List of earthquakes#Deadliest earthquakes on record|third deadliest]] earthquake in history with 230,000 people killed.<ref>[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php Most destructive known earthquakes on record in the world] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901233953/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php |date=2009-09-01 }}, [[United States Geological Survey]]</ref> However, the total comes from a combination of this earthquake with earthquakes in November 1137 on the [[Al Jazira, Mesopotamia|Jazira plain]] and 30 September 1139 in [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]], [[Azerbaijan]] in historical records. [[Ibn Taghribirdi]] first wrote about this large number of deaths in the fifteenth century. == References == <references/> [[Category:1138]] [[Category:Aleppo]] [[Category:Earthquakes in Asia]] [[Category:History of Syria]] [[Category:Articles on pre-1900 earthquakes]]