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1995 – 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake (also known as Nuweiba earthquake) occurred on November 22 at 06:15 local time (04:15 UTC) and registered 7.3 on the M w scale. 2023 – 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes hit southern Turkey near the border with Syria, killing more than 50,000 people as of February 26, and is said to double, in Turkey and Syria.
The M w 7.8 earthquake is the largest in Turkey since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake of the same magnitude, and jointly the second-largest in the country, after larger estimates for the 1668 North Anatolia earthquake. It is also one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the Levant. It was felt as far as Egypt and the Black Sea coast of Turkey
Shaking from these earthquakes was felt across much of the Oromia Region, causing widespread concern. [3] The epicenter of the strongest earthquake, which measured M w 5.2, was about 28 km (17 mi) northeast of Awash, and the depth of the event was approximately 10 km (6 miles). [4] Shaking was felt across central Ethiopia. [5]
At least 20 aftershocks follows, with another major earthquake – measuring at least 7.5 magnitude – striking central Turkey hours later Map of Turkey shows where massive 7.8 magnitude ...
An earthquake struck the Jordan Rift Valley on December 5, AD 1033 and caused extreme devastation in the Levant region. It was part of a sequence of four strong earthquakes in the region between 1033 and 1035. Scholars have estimated the moment magnitude to be greater than 7.0 M w and evaluated the Modified Mercalli intensity to X (Extreme).
List of earthquakes in the Levant * List of earthquakes in Jordan; List of earthquakes in Lebanon; 0–9. 115 Antioch earthquake; 363 Galilee earthquake; 526 Antioch ...
A map showing the location of Friday's earthquake. (U.S. Geological Survey) Many New York City residents took to social media to report feeling their apartments shaking.
There is a mention of the earthquake in the Megillat Taanit (Scroll of Fasts). Classical sources mention the earthquake affecting the city of Apamea, Phrygia, but do not mention effects on the wider Levant. [1] A Greek inscription from Magdolum mentions a "seismos" (Greek for earthquake) which affected Egypt, at some point between 97 and 94 BC.