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995 Balu earthquake

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385. This would place the event between 4 February 995 (at the earliest) and 21 January 996 (at the latest). According to his description, strong earthquakes caused "the world to shake", and many people died in the ruins.
39:. This would place the event between 23 March, 995 (at the earliest) to 24 March, 996 (at the latest). According to Asoghik, all the buildings in the affected areas collapsed at the same time. 58:, and still exists. Palnatun perhaps corresponds to Palin. The districts of Cop'k, Xorjean, and Xasteang bordered each other. Their location was the area between the modern towns of 158: 20:
took place in 995 or 996. It reportedly affected the Armenian areas of Balu, Cop'k (or Covk'), Palnatun (or Palin), and the districts of Hasteank and Xorjean.
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A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century
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The areas affected were districts in what is currently the border area between
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