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Earthquakes from 40th century BCE - ~700 BCE

  • Table 8.1 - Correlation of selected prehistoric earthquakes inferred from archaeologic sites with geochronologically dated seismites


Estimated spatial extent of ruptures from the historic periods

  • Fig. 8.13
    1. Estimated spatial extent of ruptures from the historic periods along the DSR. The extent of rupture (horizontal lines) is based on documents and physical evidence
    2. Map showing principal archeoseism and paleoseism sites indicated in (a) projected on the main segments of DSR


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References

Agnon, A. (2014). Pre-instrumental earthquakes along the Dead Sea Rift in Garfunkel Z., Ben-Avraham, Z., and Kagan E. Dead Sea Transform Fault System: Reviews. Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences. Springer