The Dead Sea Transform , also known as the Levant Fracture , produces strong but infrequent earthquakes , and all pre-instrumental information regarding the area shows that it was experiencing an inactive period during the twentieth century . Researchers M. Vered and H. L. Striem conducted a study on both the 1927 Jericho earthquake and the January 1837 event , with a close look at damage data to gain a good estimate of Modified Mercalli intensity values . The 1927 event was both macroseismically and instrumentally recorded , and that provided a good opportunity to closely examine the macroseismic and instrumental epicenter location , estimates of its depth , and methods used in the macroseismic investigation . Once validated , the processes of analyzing the macroseismic data were applied to the earlier 1837 event . The meizoseismal areas of both of these Jordan Rift Valley events were along a north-south line near the fault zone
1927 Jericho earthquake
1927 Jericho earthquake
Galilee earthquake of 1837