Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake DEAD SEA REGION

USGS ^ | 11 Feb 2004

[Thinkin' Gal]

Magnitude 5.2 DEAD SEA REGION
2004 February 11 08:15:01 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

	Magnitude	5.2
	Date-Time	Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 08:15:01 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 10:15:01 AM local time at epicenter
	Location	31.63N 35.47E
	Depth	15.4 kilometers
	Region	DEAD SEA REGION
	Reference	30 km (20 miles) SE of JERUSALEM, Israel 35 km (25 miles) ENE of Hebron, West Bank 55 km (35 miles) NNW of Al Karak, Jordan 55 km (35 miles) SW of AMMAN, Jordan
	Location Quality	Error estimate: horizontal +/- 8.4 km; depth +/- 4.8 km
	Location Quality Parameters	Nst=44, Nph=44, Dmin=8.9 km, Rmss=1.04 sec, Erho=8.4 km, Erzz=4.8 km, Gp=133.5 degrees
	Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

[Thinkin' Gal]

Forgot to include you at #19.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Ooops, make that post 20.

[Salem]

Yeeesh. That's a seismic debriefing that raises some concern for Israel, especially to a So. Cal. resident like myself. A large majority of the buildings and freeway flyovers and overpasses here were retrofitted years ago—costing millions. But Bam, Iran, seems to be a pretty good example of potential for that region should a really big one roll through.

[Thinkin' Gal]

I forgot to link the Joseph map, it's http://www.torahvoice.org .

[FrogMom]

A little research, it appears my memory was correct.

From:
http://www.thomsonsafaris.com/newsletter/nl25_riftvalley.htm

This:
"Slicing across 4,500 miles from the Dead Sea in the north to Mozambique in the south, it forms the largest visible rift on earth, although a few larger rifts lie under the waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans."