The Gulf of Aqaba was created by movement on four left-stepping strike-slip fault segments in a diagonal stepwise sequence known as echelon formation . In the areas where these segments overlap , pull-apart basins have developed , forming three bathymetric lows known as the Daka Deep , the Aragonese Deep and the Elat Deep . Parts of three of these faults ruptured during the 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake
1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake
1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake
Dead Sea Transform