According to the pseudonymous narrative, the Surb Karapet Monastery of Innaknean "collapsed in ruins" due to the earthquake, along with the houses located below it.
[1] The monastery served as the religious centre for Taron, and it was a pilgrimage site for Armenians.
[1] Pseudo-John Mamikonean dates the earthquake to the first regnal year of the Byzantine emperor Phocas (reigned 602-610).
[1] The geologist Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (19th century) mentions two different earthquakes in the area of the monastery, one dated to 593 and the other to 606.
[1] The historian Michael the Syrian (12th century) vaguely mentions one or more earthquakes affecting the eastern areas of the Byzantine Empire during this period.