1834 Jerusalem earthquake

19th-century earthquake April 2026 The 1834 Jerusalem earthquake occurred on 13 May during the first few days of the Peasants' revolt in Palestine against Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt. The earthquake's epicenter was in the Jerusalem area. After a brief lull, fighting resumed the next day.Spyridon, pp. 92–93. Damage from the quake included the collapse of part of the city wall near the Dome of the Rock, the collapse of the dome over the Chapel of the Ascension, a minaret in the city and one on the Mount of Olives, the collapse or damage of several large Jerusalem homes, and the severe damage of Latin and Armenian monasteries in Bethlehem. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre suffered minor damage. Bibliography Judith Mendelsohn Rood Sacred Law In The Holy City: The Khedival Challenge To The Ottomans As Seen From Jerusalem, 1829–1841 https://books.google.com/books?id=YXmLNesokdQC BRILL 2004 9789004138100 Annals of Palestine, 1821–1841: Manuscript https://archive.org/details/AnnalsOfPalestine1821to1841SpyridonRecountsTheEarthquakeOf1834 S. N. Spyridon Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society 65–111 1938 XVIII References Category:Earthquakes in the Levant Category:19th century in Jerusalem Jerusalem Category:Peasants' revolt in Palestine Jerusalem earthquake Category:Natural disasters in Ottoman Syria Category:May 1834 Category:1830s disasters in Asia Category:19th-century disasters in the Ottoman Empire