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A seismograph recording an earthquake last week near the Dead Sea. (Tomer Appelbaum) Last update - 12:18 02/12/2007 Fourth earthquake jolts Israel in two-week period; no casualties By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press Tags: Israel, Safed, Earthquake  The fourth earthquake in two weeks shook parts of Israel on Sunday, causing no casualties or damage. Israel's Geophysical Institute stated that the tremor, which was felt in Holon and Jerusalem, had a magnitude of 4.0. on the Richter Scale. Its epicenter was north of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, on the active Syrian-African rift fault line where earthquakes are common. "On average, major earthquakes hit Israel once a century. But the recent tremors do not indicate that a large-scale quake is on the way," said Dr. Uri Frieslander, director of the Geophysical Institute. Advertisement "What we're seeing are typical movements along the Dead Sea valley," Frieslander told Israel Radio. "These quakes...don't foreshadow anything or indicate that something is about to happen," he said. None of the recent quakes have caused injuries or damage. But in the past, earthquakes have caused serious damage to Safed, Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Nablus, and have damaged holy sites, including the Al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third-holiest site, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, sacred to many Christians as the site of Jesus' crucifixion and burial. The last major earthquake to strike the area was in 1927. It had a magnitude of more than 6 and killed 500 people. Israeli experts say that because of population growth and high-rise construction, an earthquake of the same magnitude today would kill more than 18,000 people. Related articles: Mild quake jolts central Israel just days after Dead Sea tremor AJC-funded Israeli medical team to assist Peru earthquake victims Jewish groups: We all have a stake in Jerusalem's future Bookmark to del.icio.us   'We lost a great leader' Dignitaries honor the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress. Deadly incursion A mentally disabled Palestinian dies of wounds sustained in a West Bank IDF arrest raid.   1.   This is the 4th earthquake in a week that we didn`t feel 10:57  |  Yes 02/12/07   2.   EARTH TREMOR -? 11:15  |  Jordan 02/12/07   3.   To #1 and #2 11:56  |  Hanna 02/12/07   4.   Nature will have her day. 12:17  |  Maureen Ann 02/12/07   5.   Maureen`s sensitivity and mission 13:10  |  Former Australian 02/12/07   6.   Open miracles 13:37  |  Sherlock Holmes 02/12/07   7.   Israel is on shaky ground, divine warnings.. 13:55  |  Micha 02/12/07   8.   7. Micha: more divine warnings.. 14:42  |  KUTW 02/12/07   9.   RE:1 I felt them!!!!! 14:45  |  Mike 02/12/07   10.   Divine Warning, 15:19  |  Nephtaly 02/12/07   11.   4. Maureen Ann : Nature will have her day. 15:43  |  KUTW 02/12/07   12.   Re Yes #1 16:01  |  Esther 02/12/07   13.   Mother Nature at work folks ! 16:02  |  Sara 02/12/07   14.   Open miracles 16:52  |  Batsheba 02/12/07   15.   Earth Shaking 16:59  |  Christian 02/12/07   16.   To Sara 17:02  |  Christian 02/12/07   17.   Earthquake Predictions 18:20  |  JW 02/12/07   18.   peace tremors -open miracles? 19:13  |  Jordan 02/12/07   19.   peace tremors -open miracles? 19:15  |  Jordan 02/12/07   20.   Next 19:52  |  The Teacher/Instruct 02/12/07   21.   Ground being prepared 19:57  |  Rodney Dezarn 02/12/07   22.   EARTH TREMOR # 2 for a laugh. 21:20  |  Jordan 02/12/07   23.   Ground being prepared 01:24  |  buddy odom 03/12/07   24.   earthquakes 20:47  |  ralph 03/12/07   25.   earthquakes 16:33  |  robert 15/02/08   26.   earthquakes 16:54  |  robert 15/02/08   27.   Lebanon 19:04  |  NIL 15/02/08

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