Following the stratigraphy outlined by Mitchel (1980:9), Storfjell (1993:113) reported archaeoseismic evidence which he dated to 500–525 CE. He wrote that "there is scattered evidence for a destruction, probably caused by an earthquake." This evidence was identified in Area C and in Probes G.11 and G.16, but was absent in Area A, likely "removed in the subsequent reconstruction and enlargement of the church." Storfjell (1993:113) further observed that "the ceramic evidence suggests that the destruction occurred in the Late Byzantine period," while "placement in the overall stratigraphic sequence" indicates a destruction date "in the first quarter of the sixth century."

Storfjell (1993:110) noted that "the evidence is not precise enough to specify with certainty the exact dates for Stratum 9, although the ceramic horizon is predominantly Early Byzantine (ca. AD 408–527)," representing the period that "first reveals the Christian presence at Tell Hesban." This Christian presence is reflected in the construction of a church over the remains of the Roman Temple—possibly damaged by a fourth-century CE earthquake. The church appears to have been rebuilt in Stratum 8, which has a terminus ante quem of 614 CE according to Storfjell (1993:113).

Sauer (1993:259), in the same publication, rejected the early sixth-century earthquake interpretation for Tall Hisban, writing that "thus far, there is no earthquake evidence at Hesban in this period."