The northern Levant lies across the Dead Sea Transform ( DST ) , the mainly strike-slip boundary between the Arabian Plate and the African Plate . In Lebanon the DST has a SW-NE trend that has caused transpression and the formation of the Mount Lebanon range and the Anti-Lebanon range . The main fault strand is the Yammouneh Fault , which has been the location of several major earthquakes , such as the 1202 Syria earthquake and the Near East earthquakes of 1759 . The 847 earthquake has also been linked to movement on this fault
1202 Syria earthquake
1202 Syria earthquake
847 Damascus earthquake