All recent regional earthquakes “minor”

There have been 28 earthquakes in Israel or its immediate vicinity since 1 September. All of the incidents can be categorized as either “micro” at 2.0 or less in magnitude…

Earthquake Myths and Facts

There is concern that the number of catastrophic earthquakes worldwide may be increasing not only in number, but also intensity. In fact, there are many unfounded beliefs circulating the phenomena.…

World earthquake update

There have been 59 earthquakes worldwide so far today as of this posting, contributing to a total of 3687  this month. This, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which tracks…

September earthquake count 2133 – so far

There have been four earthquakes in Israel this past week. According to the Seismology Division of The Geological Survey of Israel (GSI),a 2.5 magnitude (M2.5) occurred at 21:05:19 last night. There were also…

30 earthquakes in Israel over past 6 weeks

An astonishing 7,505 earthquakes were registered worldwide between 1 August and 2 September 2020 by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which tracks seismic activity in real time. As of this posting,…

World endlessly rocked by earthquakes

The Philippines is recovering from the strongest earthquake in 8 months which struck on Tuesday (18 August). The Southeast Asian Republic lies on the "Ring of Fire," which is a…

Earthquakes: Is Israel at risk?

Earthquakes in the Middle East have been recorded from the beginning of time by various scholars of ancient literature. These historical accounts can be difficult to quantify, points out Dr. Amos…