1927 Jericho Earthquake — in pictures
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The ruins of Winter Palace Hotel in Jericho, in the occupied West Bank, after an earthquake shook Palestine in July 1927. All photos: Library of Congress -
The 6.25 magnitude quake, which lasted about five seconds, caused massive structural damage, leaving survivors homeless -
Children at a camp for people affected by the quake, which killed about 500 people and injured 700 -
Israel sits along the Syrian-African fault line, part of the Great Rift Valley that extends from northern Syria to Mozambique -
The quake damaged buildings at the Russian Monastery of Ascension on the Mount of Olives
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