The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple cities across the Levant, triggers a tsunami and kills many.

1033 Jordan Valley earthquake

Earthquake in the Levant

An earthquake struck the Jordan Rift Valley on December 5, AD 1033 and caused extreme devastation in the Levant region. It was part of a sequence of four strong earthquakes in the region between 1033 and 1035. Scholars have estimated the moment magnitude to be greater than 7.0…

List of largest cities in the Levant region by population

Levant

Region in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Levant is a subregion of West Asia that borders the Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west and forms the core of the Middle East. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is equivalent to Cyprus and a stretch of land…

Tsunami

Series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water

A tsunami is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. Unlike normal…

December 5

Day of the year

December 5 is the 339th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 26 days remain until the end of the year.