Earthquake — Israel; Jordan: Damiya

Wann

11. Juli 1927

Art

Erdbeben

Magnitude

6.3

Position

Israel

Koordinaten

32.00° N, 35.50° E

Deaths

268

Depth km

33

Earthquake in Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan

The 1927 Jericho earthquake was a devastating event that shook Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan on July 11 at 15:04 local time. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the northern area of the Dead Sea. The cities of Jerusalem, Jericho, Ramla, Tiberias, and Nablus were heavily damaged, and between 285 and 400 people were estimated to have been killed.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainQuellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „The 1927 Jericho earthquake strikes Palestine, killing around 300 people; it is the largest ever recorded in this part of the Middle East“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „en la ciudad palestina de Jericó un devastador terremoto de 6,3 deja 287 fallecidos“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite

• Tsunami — Dead Sea11. Juli 1927 · Tsunami