Amid the 1834 CE Fellahin Revolt, Jerusalem was shaken by a major earthquake at 6am on the 26th of May. An Anonymous Welsh Traveler recorded his eyewitness account, calling it one of the “strongest ever felt in Palestine.” He reported that it destroyed many houses, “levelled … that part of the [Jerusalem] city wall which passes the temple of the Muhammadans [likely Al-Aqsa Mosque ],” and killed many residents. He added that “for ten days earthquakes continued to rock the city,” though none matched the first shock.

In 1853, Titus Tobler wrote that “in July 1834, a strong earthquake threw down several piles , and also blew out one part of the wall by a Mosque [possibly Al-Aqsa Mosque], and threatened the collapse of the Latin Roofters .”