A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1170_Syria_earthquake" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1170 Syria earthquake">major earthquake hits Syria</a>, badly damaging towns such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hama" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hama">Hama</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaizar" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shaizar">Shaizar</a> and structures such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak_des_Chevaliers" id="mwHw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Krak des Chevaliers">Krak des Chevaliers</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Cassian" id="mwIA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Church of Cassian">cathedral of St. Peter</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch" id="mwIQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antioch">Antioch</a>.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_29#cite_note-1" id="mwIg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwIw">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt12" class="citation journal cs1" id="CITEREFAmbraseys2004">Ambraseys, Nicholas N. (June 2004). <a class="external text" href="https://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/793/1/31Ambraseys.pdf" id="mwBrs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The 12th century seismic paroxysm in the Middle East: a historical perspective"</a> <span class="cs1-format" id="mwBrw">(PDF)</span>. <i id="mwBr0">ANNALS OF GEOPHYSICS</i>. <b id="mwBr4">47</b> (2/3): 751–756<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBr8">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBsA">10 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt12" class="Z3988" id="mwBsE" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=ANNALS+OF+GEOPHYSICS&amp;rft.atitle=The+12th+century+seismic+paroxysm+in+the+Middle+East%3A+a+historical+perspective&amp;rft.volume=47&amp;rft.issue=2%2F3&amp;rft.pages=751-756&amp;rft.date=2004-06&amp;rft.aulast=Ambraseys&amp;rft.aufirst=Nicholas+N.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.earth-prints.org%2Fbitstream%2F2122%2F793%2F1%2F31Ambraseys.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+29"></span></span>