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Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake DEAD SEA REGION
USGS ^ | 11 Feb 2004

Posted on 02/11/2004 4:51:52 AM PST by 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

     
World Location

Regional Location

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)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deadsea; earthquake; greatriftvalley; israel; jordan; riftvalley
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1 posted on 02/11/2004 4:51:53 AM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Thinkin' Gal
Hizbollah claims credit.
2 posted on 02/11/2004 4:54:04 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Thinkin' Gal
The Dead Sea is along a transform fault similar to the San Andreas. A 5.2 is nothing.
3 posted on 02/11/2004 4:54:55 AM PST by dirtboy (We have come here not to insult Howard Dean, but to bury him...)
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To: Thinkin' Gal
5.2 is not a big earthquake.
4 posted on 02/11/2004 5:00:50 AM PST by BunnySlippers (a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure)
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To: dirtboy
Isn't it at the northern end of the largest above-water rift valley on the planet?
5 posted on 02/11/2004 5:05:07 AM PST by FrogMom (There really ARE barbarians at the gate!)
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Perhaps a preview of things to come.
6 posted on 02/11/2004 5:06:43 AM PST by jatfla
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To: FrogMom
Isn't it at the northern end of the largest above-water rift valley on the planet?

Couldn't tell you. The Gulf of Aqaba is part of the same rift, and there are many long rift valleys in Africa - and the Basin and Range of Nevada is full of them as well.

7 posted on 02/11/2004 5:09:35 AM PST by dirtboy (We have come here not to insult Howard Dean, but to bury him...)
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To: Thinkin' Gal
Bush's fault, of course.
8 posted on 02/11/2004 5:11:25 AM PST by Tamzee (EARTH FIRST!!! We'll stripmine the other planets later...)
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To: jatfla
Women and minorities hit hardest
9 posted on 02/11/2004 5:11:34 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: Thinkin' Gal
5.2 isn't enough to wake the dead.
10 posted on 02/11/2004 5:13:26 AM PST by AngrySpud (Behold, I am The Anti-Crust ... Anti-Hillary)
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To: Thinkin' Gal
Man, the Lord seems to be bestowing calamities on the mooz-slum world at a record pace this past year. Think the moon goddess worshipers will get the message anytime soon?
11 posted on 02/11/2004 5:14:20 AM PST by woofer
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To: woofer
Man, the Lord seems to be bestowing calamities on the mooz-slum world at a record pace this past year.

Not really. Overall world large earthquake activity has been below average for years, and there's not an unusual level of activity in Muslim countries, many of which have been seismically active for millions of years before Islam began (and the last 2 large Mag 7 quakes in Indonesia were in a CHRISTIAN province.)

It's just that imbeciles who think some deity doles out disasters as punishments, and like to look for them so they can gloat over the suffering of others, specifically look for these things and post on them a lot.

12 posted on 02/11/2004 5:33:02 AM PST by John H K
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To: woofer
Biblical prophets also foresaw destructive earthquakes, which they believed would herald a return of the Messiah. The Hebrew prophet Zecharia predicted that Jerusalem's Mount of Olives would be cleft in two by a quake. The New Testament Book of Revelation predicts "a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth."

This aint the one. I wonder what magnitude would fulfill that prophecy. The largest earthquake of all time? Are we talking about a 10+?

For the record, I dont look forward to the devastation this is going to cause.

13 posted on 02/11/2004 6:45:58 AM PST by No Blue States
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To: dirtboy
The Dead Sea is along a transform fault similar to the San Andreas. A 5.2 is nothing.

It's a lot slower moving than the San Andreas, though, which is why there are much fewer earthquakes there compared to California.

Quick search reveals this for Israel:

"Between 400 to 600 earthquakes are recorded annually in Israel. The overwhelming majority are so minor that only a seismometer can detect them. This region registers a major quake approximately once every 100 years. The last "big one" occurred in July 1927 and was centered around the Damiya Bridge at the Jordan River. It caused major damage in Nablus and knocked down structures as far away as Jerusalem. Some 500 casualties were recorded on both sides of the Jordan. The previous major quake was in January 1837, in Safed, and nearly destroyed the town."

14 posted on 02/11/2004 7:45:01 AM PST by cogitator
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To: Thinkin' Gal; AngrySpud; BunnySlippers
It's not a big quake here. But some of these people live in fairly primitive housing.
15 posted on 02/11/2004 7:53:59 AM PST by nuconvert ("Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?")
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To: No Blue States
"Biblical prophets also foresaw destructive earthquakes, which they believed would herald a return of the Messiah. "

Well, since there are destructive earthquakes occurring every year around the world, this is yet another shibboleth. All you have to do is go to the USGS site and look at the historical earthquake records to understand that this is nothing new and has been going on always.

This little 5.2 quake in the Dead Sea is not even worth noticing.
16 posted on 02/11/2004 8:54:55 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: MineralMan
Thanks ,I am well aware of the USGS site and that earthquakes happen.

I am also aware of that many biblical prophecies have already been fulfilled,written in word long before they came to fruition. and am quite sure the rest eventually will be.

It doesnt bother me that you dont believe this, and should not bother you what i chose to believe. And as i said in my post, this (5.2) isnt the one spoken of.

17 posted on 02/11/2004 9:05:50 AM PST by No Blue States
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To: nuconvert; AngrySpud; BunnySlippers; 2sheep; Jeremiah Jr; Simcha7; yonif; dennisw
I had to leave the house just after I posted this. Now I am trying to catch up.

It's not a big quake here. But some of these people live in fairly primitive housing.

I am a native of So. Cal so I am familiar with earthquakes. :-)

I have also lived in earthquake prone areas, in which relatively minor earthquakes can cause major structural damage.

There was around a 4.2 earthquake in one place I lived, about 40 mi. from the epicenter, which was enough to swing the lights and wake us up early in the morning. No big deal. Well, it was a big deal where the earthquake was centered. The little town lost many many buildings, and a couple of thousand people were suddenly on the streets, their apartments crumbled, or cracked beyond habitability.

The earthquake in Bam probably wouldn't have ruffled too many feathers if it happened in LA.

18 posted on 02/11/2004 9:11:42 AM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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Such seismic events in that region are caused
by synchronized belly dancing and the
vibrating frequency of the zills (little cymbals
attached to the fingers).

19 posted on 02/11/2004 9:21:17 AM PST by Consort
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To: nuconvert; AngrySpud; BunnySlippers; 2sheep; Jeremiah Jr; Simcha7; yonif; dennisw; Yehuda; ...

JNW News
Earthquake cracks Knesset
By Jerusalem Newswire Editorial Staff

February 11, 2004

Jerusalem (jnewswire.com) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale rocked Israel and surrounding states Wednesday morning, sending frightened people streaming into streets throughout the country, but causing only one indirect injury and little damage.

Israel Radio reported the quake left a crack in the ceiling of the Knesset plenum, Israel's parliament, just minutes before lawmakers were scheduled to take their seats for the day's debates.

Channel 2 TV reported that Israeli geologists believe a major earthquake could strike Israel without notice, and based on research predict the arrival of "the big one" in the next 50 years.

And Channel 1, screening a map highlighting areas of the capital believed to be especially susceptible to damage in the event of a major quake, pointed out that the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock - both straddling Israel's Temple Mount - were most at risk.

The finger of God?

The earthquake struck shortly after 10 in the morning, shaking buildings in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and the Gaza Strip.

According to Israel Radio, staff in the Israeli Knesset thought a large bomb had gone off, and left their meeting rooms to gather in the building's corridors.

The station reported that an engineering crew discovered a crack in the ceiling of the Knesset plenum, "directly above the table at which cabinet ministers sit." The quake occurred half an hour before they were scheduled to take their seats.

At the top of the Cabinet's agenda right now is the question of unilaterally pulling all Jews out of the Gaza Strip and handing it over to the Palestinians

Centuries ago, the finger of God was seen writing a message of doom on the wall of Chaldean king Belshazzar's palace, after he desecrated temple objects sacred to the God of Israel.

Poised for catastrophe

According to a recently released report exposing the shoddy standard of construction in the country, a quake of 6.0 or over on the Richter scale is expected to flatten an untold number of buildings, leaving tens of thousands of Israelis dead - possibly many more.

A quake that big could have catastrophic results throughout Israel, where the towns and cities almost all encroach on one another.

Active fault lines run throughout the small Jewish state due to the active tectonic structure of the Dead Sea Rift that runs the full length of Israel.

According to the Risk Management Solutions' (RMS) Israel Earthquake Model, the Jordan Valley Fault in the north of the country "has a high probability of generating a major earthquake."

The RMS believes that a large earthquake there "could create damaging ground motions in every major population center, all located within 70 km of the rift."

"Research suggests," says the RMS website, "that the Jordan Valley Fault generates magnitude 7 or larger earthquakes every 1000 years. The last major event on this segment occurred in 1033, increasing the current probability of a major earthquake."

Shock report

The possibility for major disaster in a future earthquake was brought home to Israelis several months ago in a state commissioned report on building safety in Israel.

In colorful language the report, set up to investigate the May 2001 collapse of a Jerusalem wedding hall, described how "the poisoned goblet of flaws that the construction industry is drowning in, is overflowing."

According to The Jerusalem Post at the time, the report found "that the entire system of construction in Israel is flawed to its core, and recommends sweeping changes in the industry…"

Despite the gravity of their findings, however, the panel that drew up the document said it doubted the government would take the matter seriously enough to implement its recommendations.

Continuous quakes

Seismologists say there are earthquakes taking place all the time in the Rift Valley, but most of them are too mild to be felt by man. They do, however, indicate the massive level of instability that exists.

Israel has a long documented record of destructive quakes dating back to 31 BC.

On July 11, 1927, a 6.2 magnitude temblor killed more than 300 people and damaged upward of 1000 buildings in Jericho, Nablus, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Tiberias, Lod and Ramla.

The last major earthquake to affect Israel was in 1995 and had its center deep under the Red Sea, about 70 km south of Eilat and caused only very minor structural damage.

It is estimated the worst-case scenario of the next major quake would cause Israel over $30 billion in economic damages and an unknown number of casualties.

The Hebrew prophet Zechariah foretells a final, cataclysmic earthquake when the Messiah comes to Jerusalem, an event that will split the Mount of Olives in two, from east to west, creating an enormous valley.

The book of Revelation speaks of a coming earthquake such as "had not occurred since men were on the earth."

http://www.jnewswire.com/news_archive/04/02/040211_quake.asp

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20 posted on 02/11/2004 9:47:35 AM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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