Earthquake Encyclopedia
of the Dead Sea Transform
Pre-Instrumented Earthquakes felt or reported in the vicinity of the Dead Sea Transform
by Jefferson Williams
EARTHQUAKE CATALOG
| Name (with link) | Date (dates in brackets [ ] indicate that the earthquake in question likely did not occur or was badly misdated) | Comments | Sort by Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to the Site (2 minute read) | |||
| Amos Quakes | ~760 BCE (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) | -760 | |
| Fortress at Arad Quake | ~250 BCE | -250 | |
| Posidonius Quake | 2nd Century BCE | -199 | |
| Dead Fish and Soldiers Quake(s) | 142 BCE | -142 | |
| Malalas Confusion Quake | 130 or 148 BCE ? | -130 | |
| Sieberg Quake | [117 BCE] | -117 | |
| Death of Antiochus Quake | ~95 BCE (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) | -95 | |
| Seventeenth of Adar Quake | [28 Feb 92 BCE] | -92 | |
| Pompey Quake | ~65 BCE | -65 | |
| Pig on the Wall Quake | 64 BCE | -64 | |
| 31 BCE Josephus Quake | Early Spring or Fall 31 BCE | -31 | |
| 29 CE Solar Eclipse Quake | 24 Nov 29 CE | 29 | |
| Jerusalem Quake | 26-36 CE | 31 | |
| Paul and Silas Quake | 48 - 51 CE | 50 | |
| Jewish War Quake | [68 CE] | 68 | |
| Sybil Quake | 76 – 81 CE – probably between June 78 AD and June 79 CE | 79 | |
| Migowski Quake I | ~90 CE | 90 | |
| Incense Road Quake | Early 2nd century CE | 112 | |
| 115 CE Trajan Quake | Early Morning 13 December 115 CE | 115 | |
| Eusebius Mystery Quake | ~130 CE | 130 | |
| Migowski Quake II | ~175 CE | 175 | |
| Capitolias Theater Quake | Mid Third Century CE | 250 | |
| Eusebius' Martyr Quake | 303 - 306 CE | 304 | |
| Aila Quake | 1st half of 4th century | 315 | |
| Beirut Conversion Quake | 347/348/349 CE | 348 | |
| 363 CE Cyril Quakes | Saturday 18 May and Sunday 19 May 363 CE | 363 | |
| 419 CE Monaxius and Plinta Quake | Winter/Spring 419 CE | 419 | |
| Negev Quake | late 5th - early 6th century CE | 500 | |
| 502 CE Fire in the Sky Quake | night of the 21st or before dawn on the 22nd of August 502 CE | 502 | |
| 551 CE Beirut Quake | 6 or 9 July 551 CE | 551 | |
| Inscription at Areopolis Quake | Late 6th Century CE - before 597/598 CE | 592 | |
| Sign of the Prophet Quake | [613-622 CE] | 622 | |
| Sword in the Sky Quake | September 634 CE | 634 | |
| Jordan Valley Quake(s) | 659/660 CE | 659 | |
| 713 CE Syria Quake | 28 February 713 CE | UNDER CONSTRUCTION | 713 |
| 717 CE Quake | 24 Dec. 717 CE | 717 | |
| 749 CE Sabbatical Year Quakes | January 749 CE | 749 | |
| 756 CE By No Means Mild Quake(s) | March 756 CE | 756 | |
| 847 CE Damascus Quake | Dawn on Thursday 24 November 847 CE | 847 | |
| Tiberias Landslide Quake | 850-854 CE | 854 | |
| Crash Quake | June 872 or 873 CE | 872 | |
| 991 CE Damascus Quake | 5 April 991 CE | 991 | |
| 1016 CE Collapse of the Dome of the Rock | [27 August 1016 CE] | 1016 | |
| 11th century CE Palestine Quakes | 1033 and 1034 CE | 1033 | |
| Fallen Walls of Tripoli Quake(s) | ~1063 CE | 1063 | |
| 1068 CE Quake(s) | 1068 CE | 1068 | |
| 1091 CE Sinai Quake | 12 February 1091 CE ? | could be misdated and related to the 1068 CE Quake(s) instead | 1091 |
| 1113 CE Jerusalem Quakes | 18 July and 9 August 1113 CE | 1113 | |
| 1114 CE Jerusalem Quake | 10 August 1114 CE | 1114 | |
| 1114/5 CE Mamistra and Marash Quakes | 13 and 29 November in 1114 and/or 1115 CE | PAGE REMOVED | 1114 |
| 1117 CE Quake | between the 26th and 29th of June 1117 CE | 1117 | |
| Collapse (?) of the Tomb of the Patriarchs | [1119/1120 CE] | 1119 | |
| 1138 CE Aleppo Quakes | October 1138 CE | 1138 | |
| [c. 1150 CE Judean Desert Quake] | ~ 1150 CE | UNDER CONSTRUCTION | 1150 |
| 1156 - 1159 CE Syrian Quakes | 1156-1159 CE | 1157 | |
| 1170 CE Quake(s) | 29 June 1170 CE | 1170 | |
| 1202 CE Quakes | 20 May 1202 CE | 1202 | |
| 1212 CE Quake | 1 May 1212 CE | 1212 | |
| 1284 CE Quake | 13 Oct. 1284 - 10 Nov. 1284 CE | 1284 | |
| 1287 CE Quakes | Seismic Sequence in Feb./March 1287 CE | 1287 | |
| 1293 CE Quake | January 1293 CE | 1293 | |
| 1354 CE Quake | 28 Oct. 1354 CE | 1354 | |
| 1404 Aleppo CE Quake | 20 Feb. 1404 CE | 1404 | |
| 1407 Antioch CE Quake | 29 April 1407 CE | 1407 | |
| 1458 CE Quake | November 1458 CE | 1458 | |
| 1513 CE Marash Quake | 28 March 1513 CE | UNDER CONSTRUCTION | 1513 |
| 1546 CE Quake | 14 January 1546 CE | 1546 | |
| 1588 CE Quakes | January or February 1588 CE and 7 April 1588 CE | 1588 | |
| 1643 CE Jerusalem Quake | 1643/4 CE | 1643 | |
| 1705 CE Quakes | 24 and 25 November 1705 CE | 1705 | |
| 1712 CE Quake | 05:00 6 June 1712 CE | UNDER CONSTRUCTION | 1712 |
| 1759 CE Safed and Baalbek Quakes | 30 Oct. and 25 Nov. 1759 CE | 1759 | |
| 1796 CE Latakia Quake | 26 April 1796 CE | 1796 | |
| 1817 CE Jerusalem Quake | March 1817 CE | 1817 | |
| 1822 CE Aleppo Quake | 13 August 1822 CE | 1822 | |
| 1834 CE Fellahin Revolt Quake | 6 am 26 May 1834 CE | 1834 | |
| 1837 CE Safed Quake | 1 January 1837 CE | 1837 | |
| 1839 CE Saint Catherine's Monastery Quake | 1839 CE | 1839 | |
| 1872 CE Amik Golu Quake | 3 April 1872 CE | 1872 | |
| 1903 CE Quake | 29 March 1903 CE | UNDER CONSTRUCTION | 1903 |
| Name (with link) | Date | Comments | Sort by Year |