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Viime keskiviikkona 4.1 Magnitudin voimakkuudella 25 km:n päässä Jerusalemista. Niin pieni järinä, ettei näy päässeen pikavilkaisulla edes paikallisiin lehtiin.

Helmikuun 11. oli 5.1 M järistys 30 km:n päässä Jerusalemista.

Jordanin laaksossa tapahtuu noin 7 R:n järistys kerran tuhannessa vuodessa ja arvioidaan 1033/34 järistyksen olleen sitä luokkaa, joten...

Seuraavassa Israelin Geofysikaalisen instituutin sivu:
http://www.gii.co.il/html/seis/seis_fs.html

Tässä luetteloa alueen historiallisista järistyksistä:

* November 22, 1995
A quake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, with the epicenter some 100
kilometers south of Eilat. One person dies of a heart attack, and around 15 sustain injuries. Many buildings in the city are damaged.

* March 31, 1969
A quake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, with the epicenter at the entrance to the Gulf of Eilat. No damage is caused.

* July 11, 1927
A quake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, with the epicenter in the Dead Sea. Around 300-500 people are killed in Israel and Trans-Jordan; some 700 individuals suffer injuries.

* January 1, 1837
Most homes in Safed and the surrounding villages are destroyed, leaving more than 2,000 people dead. Around 1,000 people are killed in Tiberias and its environs.

* October 30, 1759
An earthquake shakes most areas of the Land of Israel and Syria, leaving some 10,000-40,000 people dead.

* January 14, 1546
A particularly severe quake causes extensive damage in Safed, Nablus,
Ramallah, Hebron and Gaza. Around 500 people are buried under their collapsed homes in Nablus.

* 1456 or 1457
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Omariye Mosque are destroyed.

* 1201 or 1202
A quake causes widespread damage in the north, with one source claiming that around 30,000 people are killed in the Nablus area.

* 1067 or 1068
Ramle is almost completely destroyed by a strong quake.

* 1034
A quake brings down many buildings in Nablus, Ramallah, Tiberias and Hebron. The walls of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount sustain damage.

* January 749
Some 10,000-20,000 people are killed; dozens of buildings in Tiberias
collapse; structures in Hamat Gader and Beit She'an are destroyed.

* 551
A quake kills thousands of people and extensive damage. The Nabatean city of Petra is destroyed.

* 502
A quake razes buildings in Acre and Latrun.

* September 31, 31 B.C.E.
Historian Flavius Josephus writes that 30,000 people are killed in an
earthquake that hits the Masada area, among others.

Suunnilleen lähimmän toistaiseksi löytyneen liki reaaliaikaisen (päivittyy puolen tunnin välein) seismogrammin sivu:
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/ANTO_24hr.html
Järistysaallot ehtivät mittariin alle kymmenessä minuutissa.

Onneksi et perustellut "tietoasi".

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