List of earthquakes in the Levant

This is a list of earthquakes in the Levant, including earthquakes that either had their epicenter in the Levant or caused significant damage in the region.

As it is now, the list is focused on events which affected the territories of modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria and to some degree the adjacent areas of south Anatolia, Cyprus island and the Sinai Peninsula (modern Turkey, Cyprus and Egypt).

The Jordan Rift Valley is the result of tectonic movements within the Dead Sea Transform (DSF) fault system.

The Golan Heights and all of Transjordan are part of the Arabian plate, while the Galilee, The Palestinian territories, coastal plain and Negev along with the Sinai Peninsula are on the African plate.

This tectonic disposition leads to relatively high seismic activity in the region.

Seismic hazard for the Eastern Mediterranean from the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP) in terms of peak ground acceleration with a 10% chance of being exceeded (or a 90% chance of not being exceeded) within the next 50 years
Arabian plate showing general tectonic and structural features