Long Abandonment Quake Open site page in a new tab
al-Muheisen and Villeneuve (2000) state that a final earthquake (which could be placed in the 18th century, by reference to those of Baalbek) brought down a new part of the temple and its façade. The earthquake they refer to corresponds to one of the 1759 CE Safed and Baalbek Quakes.

By Jefferson Williams