33 BC Earthquake: Palestine, Israel
An earthquake struck Palestine, Israel in 33 BC. It killed 30,000 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
- 33 BC
- Place
- Palestine, Israel
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 31.200° N, 34.200° E
- Country
- Israel
The toll
- Deaths
- 30,000
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
33 B.C., intensity IX, Palestine, 30,000 victims. (reference #1222)
33 or 32 B.C., Palestine, 30,000 men lost their lives. (reference #521)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1457, Palestine, Syria, Israel
- 1838, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Jaffa),palestine, Israel
- July 11, 1927, Damiya, Israel, Jordan
- November 12, 1458, Al-Karak (Karak), Jordan, Palestine, Israel
- March 29, 1903, Nabulus, Israel
- 419, Palestine, Israel
- 758, Antakya, Halab, Turkey, Palestine, Syria, Israel
- 425, Jerusalem, Palestine, Ramleh, Egypt, Israel
- 1566 BC, Ariha (Jericho), Israel
- January 11, 1293, Al-Karak, Ramla,gaza, Jordan, Israel
- 33, Palestine, Israel
- 2150 BC, Bab-A-Daraa,al-Karak, Jordan
- May 24, 362, Al-Karak, Jordan
- May 23, 1834, Jerusalem, Nabulus, Al-Karak, Israel, Jordan
- 315, Aeropolis, Israel
More
Significant earthquakes of 33 BC99 to 1 BCRecent earthquakes near here
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 34.