The earthquake was the largest event to occur on along the DST during the 20th century and was felt up to away . The period of aftershocks carried on for over a year with many exceeding magnitude 5 . Within several hours of the mainshock a number of small earthquakes occurred along the DST north of the epicenter . Analysis of these earthquakes suggest that they may have been remotely triggered by the Gulf of Aqaba mainshock . Much attention has been given to remotely triggered earthquakes since the 1992 Landers earthquake in southern California
1992 Landers earthquake
1992 Landers earthquake
1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake