Wednesday, November 21, 2018

THE DEAD SEA TRANSFORM AND THE 1202 SYRIAN EARTHQUAKE

For some reason, this caught my eye.  Not sure if it is the date or the event - but we will see some major action on this series of faults yet, in Jeffrey Holland's lifetime.

We are close:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Transform

Here is the write-up on the big one that hit in present day Lebanon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1202_Syria_earthquake


And the 749 EQ that hit the Jordan Valley.  I believe in each of these, the Al Aqsa mosque was destroyed (I believe a few times by fire, also), bringing the destructions to seven total{
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/749_Galilee_earthquake

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