1068 Near East earthquake
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title:
1068 Near East earthquake
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Two major earthquakes occurred in the Near East on 18 March and 29 May, AD 1068. The two earthquakes are often amalgamated by contemporary sources. The first earthquake had its epicentre somewhere in the northwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula around Tabuk, while the second was most damaging in the city of Ramla in Palestine, some 500 km to the northwest. The March earthquake affected the southern portion of the Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault system. The combined events were responsible for a
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Series of earthquakes in the Arabian Peninsula and Palestine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1068_Near_East_earthquake
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2014-01-05T21:36:18Z
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2024-09-04T13:11:59Z
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