• Coastal Palestine 644-800 CE from Taxel (2013)
  Fig. 1
  
  Location map
  
  ■ = urban/semi-urban/military settlement
  
  • = rural settlement
  
  Taxel (2013)
• Kafr Jinnis environs in Google Earth
  Kafr Jinnis environs
  
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• Kafr Jinnis environs on govmap.gov.il
  Kafr Jinnis environs
  
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Discussion

Effect	Location	Image(s)	Description
Collapsed Walls (destruction)			Taxel (2013:173) reports that Messika (2006) attributed the destruction of the church and the entire Umayyad settlement either to the 747–749 CE earthquake(s) or to “violent actions related to religious or political struggles.” However, Taxel (2013:173) notes that this proposal cannot be confirmed “based on the fragmentary evidence available.”

• Earthquake Archeological Effects chart
  Earthquake Archeological Effects (EAE)
  
  Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224)
  of Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224)

Effect	Location	Image(s)	Description	Intensity
Collapsed Walls (destruction)			Taxel (2013:173) reports that Messika (2006) attributed the destruction of the church and the entire Umayyad settlement either to the 747–749 CE earthquake(s) or to “violent actions related to religious or political struggles.” However, Taxel (2013:173) notes that this proposal cannot be confirmed “based on the fragmentary evidence available.”	VIII+

The archeoseismic evidence requires a minimum Intensity of VIII (8) when using the Earthquake Archeological Effects chart of Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224).