- Source: 363 Galilee earthquake
The Galilee earthquake of 363 was a pair of severe earthquakes that shook the Galilee and nearby regions on May 18 and 19. The maximum perceived intensity for the events was estimated to be X (Very destructive) on the European macroseismic scale. The earthquakes occurred on the portion of the Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault system between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
Impact
Sepphoris, north-northwest of Nazareth, was severely damaged. Nabratein and the Nabratein synagogue (northeast of Safed) were destroyed. The earthquake may have been responsible for the failure of the plan to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem with the permission of the Emperor Julian.
Petra, in what is now Jordan, was fatally damaged.
See also
Geography of Israel#Seismic activity
List of historical earthquakes
List of earthquakes in the Levant
References
Sources
External links
Petra: The Great Earthquake from the American Museum of Natural History
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kafr Bir'im
- 363 Galilee earthquake
- Petra
- List of historical earthquakes
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- List of earthquakes in the Levant
- 1033 Jordan Valley earthquake
- Beit She'an
- Nabataean architecture
- Timeline of Jewish history
- Tiberias
