Korjenkov and Mazor (2005) identified damage patterns at Haluza indicating at least two heavy earthquakes, the later of which they attributed to a “2nd Earthquake” during the "Early Arab" period. They observed that Negev (1976:92) had already suggested that a strong earthquake was responsible for the final abandonment of Haluza. In one domestic structure, Negev reported finding " voussoirs of the arches and extremely long roof slabs" lying in debris just above the floor, and proposed that the house was either destroyed soon after it was abandoned or abandoned because of the earthquake.

Korjenkov and Mazor (2005) observed that although the Sword in the Sky Quake of 634 CE destroyed Avdat and damaged other ancient towns of the Negev, archaeological evidence indicates that occupation at Haluza continued until at least the first half of the eighth century CE. They therefore concluded that one of the mid-eighth-century earthquakes offers a more probable explanation for the destruction observed at the site. However, it should be pointed out that a secure terminus ante quem does not yet exist for the so-called “2nd Earthquake.”