March 29, 1903 Earthquake: Nabulus, Israel
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Nabulus, Israel on March 29, 1903 at 22:30:00 UTC. It killed 20 people.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 29, 1903
- Time
- 22:30:00 UTC
- Place
- Nabulus, Israel
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 32.200° N, 35.300° E
- Country
- Israel
The toll
- Deaths
- 20
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 5, 1033, Ramala, Gaza, Nablus, Egypt, Israel, Syria
- September 18, 844, Antakya, Dimashq (Damascus), Turkey, Syria
- 1457, Palestine, Syria, Israel
- November 25, 1759, Damascus, Antioch, Baalbec, Syria, Lebanon-Syria
- 33 BC, Palestine, Israel
- May 20, 1202, Southwestern, Syria
- January 1, 1837, Beirut (Beyrout), Zefat (Safed), Lebanon, Israel
- 1838, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Jaffa),palestine, Israel
- October 30, 1759, Zefat (Safed), Israel
- July 11, 1927, Damiya, Israel, Jordan
- November 12, 1458, Al-Karak (Karak), Jordan, Palestine, Israel
- 1250 BC, Ariha (Jericho), Israel
- September 2, 31 BC, Qumran,ariha (Jericho), Israel
- 634, Jerusalem, Palestine, Israel
- January 18, 746, Teverya (Tiberias), Ariha (Jericho), Israel
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2646.