A Reassessed Earthquake Catalog for the Central Dead Sea (0–2000 CE) with Local Shaking Intensities and Correlated Sedimentary Event Layers

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This dataset provides a comprehensive and critically reassessed earthquake catalog for earthquakes potentially recorded in the central Dead Sea sediment archive over the past two millennia. For each earthquake, it compiles multiple source records, moment magnitudes (Mw), epicentral distances, and the responsible fault segment (North, Central, or South Dead Sea Fault). The key contribution is the calculation of site-specific local shaking intensity ranges (Modified Mercalli Intensity, MMI) at the core location (31.51°N, 35.47°E), alongside a finalized mean MMI. The dataset directly links each earthquake to its correlated event layer (if any) in the ICDP 5017-1 core, specifying the layer's type, age model, and thickness. This harmonized catalog is fundamental for accurately calibrating the sedimentary paleoseismic record with historical seismicity and for ground-motion studies in the region.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995218
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8872-4_8
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1130/B25286.1
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-379-2019
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108312
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22627-9
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba4170
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8872-4_7
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190124
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.995218
Provenance
Creator Yuwei, Zhang; Lina, Jin; Ziqiang, Mao; Sun, Shuang ORCID logo; Waldmann, Nicolas D (ORCID: 0000-0003-4627-208X); Shimon, Wdowinski; Marco, Shmuel ORCID logo; Bookman, Revital; G. Ian, Alsop; Agnon, Amotz ORCID logo; Lu, Yin ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference National Natural Science Foundation of China https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001809 Crossref Funder ID 42572118 ; United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/100006221 Crossref Funder ID NSF#2344420&BSF#2023679
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess false
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 738 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (35.471 LON, 31.508 LAT); Dead Sea