May 24, 362 Earthquake: Al-Karak, Jordan
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Al-Karak, Jordan on May 24, 362. It caused a tsunami.
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
- May 24, 362
- Place
- Al-Karak, Jordan
- Magnitude
- 6.4 (Ms)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 31.300° N, 35.600° E
- Country
- Jordan
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
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.
May 24, 362, 31.3 N, 35.6 E, Destruction of Karak; tsunami in Dead Sea, M = 6.4. (reference #1225)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 5, 1033, Ramala, Gaza, Nablus, Egypt, Israel, Syria
- 1457, Palestine, Syria, Israel
- 33 BC, Palestine, Israel
- 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
- March 29, 1903, Nabulus, Israel
- May 23, 1834, Jerusalem, Nabulus, Al-Karak, Israel, Jordan
- 2150 BC, Bab-A-Daraa,al-Karak, Jordan
- 1566 BC, Ariha (Jericho), Israel
- February 11, 2004, Jerusalem, Petah-Tiqwa, Ma'In, Israel, Jordan
- 315, Aeropolis, Israel
- 33, Palestine, 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 92.