363 CE Cyril Quake
Cyril of Jerusalem
reported that “more than half of ‘RDQLY’” was “overthrown”
during the
363 CE Cyril Quake. The
toponym RDQLY
has been interpreted as either
Areopolis or Archelais.
Jerome added that
the walls of Areopolis collapsed in this earthquake and may
have preserved an oral tradition linking the
363 CE Cyril Quake with
flooding—possibly even implying a localized Dead Sea
tsunami. However, Jerome’s account appears to conflate the
363 CE Cyril Quake with
the tsunamis triggered by the
365 CE Crete Earthquake,
producing an ambiguous and blended narrative.