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The Aleppo earthquake was caused by the movement of the African plate and the Arabian plate on the Dead Sea Faultline, also known as the Levant Fault. These plates are moving in the same direction but at different speeds, this is called a transform type of movement. The Arabian plate is moving 1.9cm/y and the African plate is moving 0.6cm/y. The Arabian plate is moving 1.3cm/y more than the Africa plate. This movement was the cause of the earthquake in 1138 when the two tectonic plates were sliding against each other and finally shifted a

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With the technology, we have today our data should be very accurate in comparison to back in 1138. They might have been able to tell by the actions of the animals and the shock the day before the Aleppo quake that killed millions.  In 1138 they did not have the technology or education to be able to identify certain types of disasters, but they should have learnt from the first disaster what could be done to prepare for the next possible earthquake. A group of people could have gotten together and started what we call today a "management responses" group. Many lives have been saved due to the technology we have today. We are able to predict natural disasters and notify people in advance so people can evacuate and be prepared for the events upcoming. Back in 1138, they were not able to foresee the natural disasters upcoming. The people who were affected and did not get a lot of help were the ones to complain about it

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Some efforts fail due to low expectations with actions and results that were larger than expected. Aid efforts might not have enough notice therefore causing the time cap to be limited to everything they need to do, so they might not achieve all they set out to do.

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In the current day people have enough notice to leave their houses to go find refuge with a family member or friend some place far away from where the expected earthquake is to occur. In the time period lots of countries and cities had conflicts of interest. The Aleppo earthquake was larger than people thought it was going to be.

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The Aleppo Earthquake occurred on October 11th 1138, there were approximately 230,000 lives lost in this disaster.

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The aftershocks from the earthquake lasted around three years.

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Aleppo was hit with an 8.5 magnitude earthquake that stretched to 200 miles around the city of Aleppo, also known as Halab.

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The earthquake reached around an 8.5 on the richter scale. This earthquake was one of the largest earthquakes that caused the most damage.

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Houses collapsed, city walls fell and stones were falling from buildings all over the city of Halab and Aleppo. While the citadel in Harem collapsed it killed 600 guards. Everything was affected within a 200 mile radius. The city of Aleppo was one of the cities that was most affected.

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The Aleppo Earthquake is actually an aftershock to a much smaller earthquake on the 10th. The quake on the 10th should have been some kind of warning to the people about how active the plates the city is sitting on are. October 11th is when the major earthquake occurred.

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Aleppo is found sitting on top of the plate boundaries of the Arabian plate and the African plate, apart of the dead sea fault line.

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Aleppo, Syria is grass lands with animals such as deer, wildcats, reptiles and different bird species. Very dry environment with not many forests.

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In 1138 they did not have the advanced technology we have today to predict these types of disasters to evacuate. In the current day people can know and prepared for such events.

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A chronicler recored the main earthquake on the 11 saying it was preceded by the initial quake on the 10th with aftershocks regularly throughout October and into November.