Editing 1170 (section)

==== Asia ====
* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[1170 Syria earthquake]]: One of the largest [[earthquake]]s to hit [[Syria (region)|Syria]]. It forms part of a sequence of large earthquakes that propagate southwards along the [[Dead Sea Transform]],  starting with the [[1138 Aleppo earthquake]] and continuing with the [[1157 Hama earthquake|1157 Hama]], 1170 and [[1202 Syria earthquake|1202 Syria]] events.<ref name=Ambraseys>{{cite journal|title=The 12th century seismic paroxysm in the Middle East: a historical perspective|url=http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/793/1/31Ambraseys.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/793/1/31Ambraseys.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|first=Nicholas N.|last=Ambraseys|author-link=Nicolas Ambraseys|year=2004|journal=Annals of Geophysics|publisher=[[National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology|Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia]]|volume=47|number=2–3|pages=733, 738, 745, 750}}</ref>
* The palace guards massacre the civil officials at the Korean court of [[Goryeo]] and place [[Myeongjong of Goryeo|Myeongjong]] as new ruler on the throne of the Goryeo dynasty.