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Galilee earthquake of 1837

1837 CE · Asia · Disaster

Galilee earthquake of 1837
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The Galilee earthquake of 1837, often called the Safed earthquake, shook the Galilee on January 1 and is one of a number of moderate to large events that have occurred along the Dead Sea Transform fault system that marks the boundary of two tectonic plates; the African plate on the west and the Arabian plate on the east.

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