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363 Galilee earthquake

Earthquake in the Levent region, 363 CE

Field	Value
title	Galilee earthquake of 363
pre-1900	yes
local-date	May 18 and 19, 363
location
countries affected	Syria-Palaestina province of Byzantine Empire
intensity

|pre-1900=yes |local-date = May 18 and 19, 363 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.

The earthquake severely damaged Sepphoris and Petra, while destroying the Nabratein synagogue. Julian the Apostate's plan to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem may have been cancelled due to the damage caused by the earthquake.

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.

References

Sources

References

(2011). "Episodic behavior of the Jordan Valley section of the Dead Sea fault inferred from a 14-ka-long integrated catalog of large earthquakes". [[Seismological Society of America]].
(June 2005). "The historical earthquakes of Syria – an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D.". National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
Safrai, Zeev. (1998). "Missing Century: Palestine in the Fifth Century: Growth and Decline". Peeters Publishers.
Sbeinati, Mohamed Reda; Darawcheh, Ryad; Mouty, Mikhail; 2005. "[https://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/908/1/01Sbeinati.pdf 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
(Spring 1982). "Second Preliminary Report on the 1981 Excavations at en-Nabratein, Israel". [[American Schools of Oriental Research]].
"Jewish History Sourcebook: Julian and the Jews 361–363 CE". [[Fordham University]].

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