Following the 11 February 2004 Mₗ 5.2 earthquake in the northeastern Dead Sea, Salamon (2005) documented a localized seiche or tsunami-like oscillation. Residents at Qalya on the northeastern shores of the Dead Sea reported a wave up to ~1 m high and a rough sea shortly after the shock. A photograph taken ~30 minutes later shows anomalous wave patterns and a distinct line on the water surface. Later observations along the Qalya and Darga coasts revealed small ponds a few meters inland and pebbles deposited on soft shoreline sediments, interpreted as run-up deposits from this wave.

Left - Fig. 20 - Waves and an unusual line in the Dead Sea, half an hour after the earthquake. Photo was taken from the Qalya coast looking eastwards - (courtesy of C. Barghoorn, Qalya).
Right - Fig. 21 - Ponds along the Darga coast, a few meters inland. They seemed to have formed after the earthquake, probably by the run-up wave of the tsunami. Photo was taken in the afternoon after the earthquake. - click on either image to open in a new tab - both images from Salamon (2005)