Appendix 18

EARTHQUAKES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN & GULF OF EILAT

Appendix for the paper The Number 56 & Earthquake Cycles


According to the The Geophysical Institute of Israel data base, 26 major quakes (mag => 5.30) happened in the eastern Mediterranean region between 1900 and 2005. Of this total, 13 occurred in the 11.5 months ending October 15 of those years in the 9/56 year cycle presented in Table B, a finding which was significant at p < .01. 

 

Table A       LARGEST EARTHQUAKES EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN & GULF OF EILAT   mag = > 5.3 1900 to 2004

Date

Latitude

Longitude

ML

Mb

Region

1999-08-11

34.62

33.01

5.5

5.4

Cyprus

1997-03-26

33.86

35.39

5.5

5.3

Beirut

1997-01-13

34.26

32.46

5.9

5.6

East Mediterranean

1996-10-09

34.4

32.29

6.1

5.8

East Mediterranean

1996-02-26

28.87

34.63

5.6

5.4

Gulf of Eilat

1995-11-22

28.53

34.73

5.5

5.3

Gulf of Eilat

1995-11-22

28.76

34.68

6.2

5.9

Gulf of Eilat

1993-08-03

28.8

34.82

5.6

5.4

Gulf of Eilat

1993-08-03

28.45

34.82

5.8

5.6

Gulf of Eilat

1969-03-31

27.61

33.91

5.9

6.1

 

1961-09-15

34.98

33.87

6

5.9

Cyprus

1959-06-13

35

32.86

5.5

5.4

Cyprus

1957-11-03

33

35.92

5.5

5.4

Kineret

1956-12-18

31.47

35.49

5.5

5.4

Arad

1956-03-16

33.3

35.3

5.5

5.5

 

1956-03-16

33.35

35.32

6

5.9

Tyre

1953-09-10

34.67

32.29

6.2

6.1

Cyprus

1952-10-15

34.78

32.8

5.6

5.5

Cyprus

1951-01-30

32.26

33.36

5.8

6.2

East Mediterranean

1941-01-20

35.18

33.65

6

5.9

Cyprus

1940-07-24

34.56

34.15

5.7

5.6

Cyprus

1927-07-11

31.6

35.4

6.2

6.1

Amman

1924-02-18

34.42

33.95

6

5.9

East Mediterranean

1922-04-02

34.73

34.8

5.5

5.4

East Mediterranean

1918-09-29

35.24

36.11

6.5

6.4

Hamma

1900-01-05

35.2

33.2

6.2

6.3

Cyprus

Years in bold contained major Eastern Mediterranean earthquakes in the 11.5 months ending October 15 of those years in Table B this appendix.
Source: The Geophysical Institute of Isreal 
Parameters: Longitude: 32E to 38 E; Latitude: 27N to 36N. Mag =>5.5

 

 

Table B          EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN QUAKES & 9/56 YEAR CYCLE: 1900 to 2005
Sq 41 Sq 50 Sq 03 Sq 12 Sq 21     Sq 48 Sq 01            
                             1900 1909 1918 1927
           1902

1911

 1920 1929 1938 1947 1956
**		 1965 1974 1983

1913

 1922

1931

1940

1949

 1958

1967

 1976 1985 1994 2003            

1969

 1978

1987

1996
****

  2005                           

The 56 year sequences are separated by an interval of 9 years.
Years in bold contained major Eastern Mediterranean earthquakes in the 11.5 months ending October 15 of those years in Table B this appendix.
Source of Raw Data: The Geophysical Institute of Isreal 
Parameters: Longitude: 32E to 38 E; Latitude: 27N to 36N. Mag =>5.3