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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.
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1139 Ganja earthquake
Natural disaster in Azerbaijan and Georgia
The 1139 Ganja earthquake was one of the worst seismic events in history. It affected the Seljuk Empire and the Kingdom of Georgia, in modern-day Azerbaijan and Georgia. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.7 MLH, 7.5 Ms and 7.0–7.3 Mw. A disputed death toll of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Region spanning Europe and Asia
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Seljuk Empire
Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim empire (1037–1194)
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