EArtHqUAkE! in the Holy Land in 1927. New pictures presented

The earthquake of July 11, 1927. Partial collapse of mosque
and minaret on Mt. of Olives

85 years ago a powerful earthquake struck Eretz Yisrael.  With its epicenter located in the northern Dead Sea area, the towns of Jericho, Jerusalem, Nablus (Shechem) and Tiberias were badly hit.  An estimated 500 people were killed in those locations.


Damage in the Augusta Victoria Hospital/
Church on Mt. of  Olives. Stones from
the tower smashed through the roof below




Collapsed banks of the Jordan River, with trees in midstream



Today, scientists believe the magnitude of the quake was 6.25.

  

Nablus (Shechem) "in a ruined state."
At the time there were several Jewish
households in the predominantly
Muslim town





We published here last year several pictures taken after the earthquake.  View the pictures here.

 

"House in Nablus reduced to a shell"

Subsequently, we uncovered more photos in the Library of Congress archives, and we present them here.

In Israel today, scientists warn of another major quake, and civil defense information is posted in many public buildings and online.

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