Pair of severe earthquakes that affected the Syria Palaestina province of the Roman Empire
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 .
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^ 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
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^ 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