363 Galilee earthquake

Galilee earthquake of 363
Local dateMay 18 and 19, 363[1]
Epicenter32°59′56″N 35°21′58″E / 32.999°N 35.366°E / 32.999; 35.366[citation needed]
Areas affectedSyria-Palaestina province of Byzantine Empire
Max. intensityEMS-98 X (Very destructive)[2]

The Galilee earthquake of 363 was a pair of severe earthquakes that shook the Galilee and nearby regions on May 18 and 19.[3] The maximum perceived intensity for the events was estimated to be X[4] (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.

  1. ^ Ferry, Matthieu; Meghraoui, Mustapha; Abou Karaki, Najib; Al-Taj, Masdouq; Khalil, Lutfi (2011). "Episodic behavior of the Jordan Valley section of the Dead Sea fault inferred from a 14-ka-long integrated catalog of large earthquakes". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 101 (1). Seismological Society of America: 48. Bibcode:2011BuSSA.101...39F. doi:10.1785/0120100097. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30.
  2. ^ Sbeinati, Mohamed Reda; Darawcheh, Ryad; Mouty, Mikhail (June 2005), "The historical earthquakes of Syria – an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D." (PDF), Annals of Geophysics, 48 (3), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia: 407
  3. ^ Safrai, Zeev (1998). Missing Century: Palestine in the Fifth Century: Growth and Decline. Peeters Publishers. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-9068319859.
  4. ^ Sbeinati, Mohamed Reda; Darawcheh, Ryad; Mouty, Mikhail; 2005. "The historical earthquakes of Syria – an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D." (PDF), Annals of Geophysics, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, 48 p. 386