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Magnitude-5.3 quake rocks Israel
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Published: 11.05.12, 22:16
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1. Good grief!
Amichai ,   Huntsville, US   (05.11.12)
From Haifa to Be'er Sheva? That's right at 200Km! Hope everyone's ok.
2. Are earthquakes increasing in frequency?
Justwondering   (05.11.12)
Is it true that each decade is bringing more and more powerful tremors?
3. Shabbat Shalom! It is a day of rest.
Israeli 2   (05.11.12)
4. I felt it here in Rehavya...
Orly ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.11.12)
... Near the city center of Jerusalem about an hour ago. One heavy tremor and then nothing; like an aftershock. Wondered why there was no news story. Now I know. Keep us updated!
5. prayer and t'shuva will redeem us
MOTI ,   usa   (05.11.12)
im no rabbi but g-d is signaling and we should take the message
6. we were having Shabbat dinner (yes seculars do that 2)....
secular ,   Jerusalem   (05.11.12)
and we didn't feel a thing! This is sort of unusual as we live on 5th floor in Jerusalem. So I guess it wasn't such a big thing then.
7. 5.3
Avi   (05.12.12)
5.3 is a warning…
8. Waiting for the rabbinic comments after shabbat
Avi ,   Israel   (05.12.12)
Interested in hearing who's fault it was this time...
9. This is nothing, I lived through the Northridge quake.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (05.12.12)
30 seconds of the earth ending.
10. Heard about it in seconds in US
Goy ,   USA   (05.12.12)
My friend in Petah Tikvah texted me within seconds of having felt it. She was sitting on the bed and felt like someone shaking her bed.
11. Yes, the big worldwide Earthquake is coming. The plates of
Rivkah   (05.12.12)
the Earth are cracked and the number and intensity of Earthquakes worldwide is increasing. Now is the time to have anchoring piers to bedrock put on the foundations of homes and buildings. Remember the parable of Rabbi Yehoshua who talked about people who built their house on a rock and nothing could shake it or destroy it. That is good advice in these times of Earth Changes. The worst quakes are expected in December 2012-January 2013, so there is time to get anchoring piers to bedrock to have a hope of surviving the quakes.
12. We live in the North...
North Star ,   North of Israel   (05.12.12)
... and felt absolutely nothing. We must be living on a solid rock. (Better than under a rock?) We missed all those earthquakes in our area. I hope the little earthquakes mean that the Big One won't come..... but we can't know for sure. I'm glad nobody was hurt.
13. Don't run outside!
Kat ,   Haifa, Israel   (05.12.12)
Doesn't anyone know that you are NOT supposed to run outside when there is an earthquake? Israelis are so stupid!
14. Possible Earthquake storm? Bad economy? You know what's next
Henry from New York ,   USA   (05.12.12)
The Sea Peoples are coming!
15. can it be
anton ,   istanbul   (05.12.12)
Hashems punishment to israel? ;)
16. No 8 Avi
Ronny Judah ,   Melbourne Australia   (05.12.12)
DEAR Avi, Why are you so against the Rabbis?You are for sure not religious and therefore hate all the religious Jews. pray even for people like you without hesitating because you are a Jew no matter what your openion is.Any bad thing which occures is a indication from above for us to change our ways of living the way we are suppose to live .Ve Ahavta Le Reatkha Camokha.We still love you and wish you Hatslakha Rabbah.Shabuvah Tov.
17. Earthquakes are a blessing
Avi   (05.12.12)
They reduce pressure between tectonic plates and postpone a greater earthquake. A destructive earthquake however is still expected for a decade now, an earthquake that is said will kill 14,000 Israelis, yet the government is not prepared to deal with the issue.
18. Ronny Judah #16
Avi ,   Israel   (05.12.12)
One of the latest years' quakes in northern Israel was "due to the homosexuals" in the Holy Land according to a prominent rabbi. Please, tell me who I could/should love and respect such approach?
19. A good time to prepare
Scott ,   Ramat Gan, Israel   (05.12.12)
Israel is expected to be hit by a major earthquake. Every Israeli should have an emergency kit that includes 4 days of non-perishable food, water, first aid kit, small radio & batteries.
20. Eartquake
Franklin Kaye ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (05.13.12)
Felt it here too, first we thought someone was shaking the table, then realised our chairs ere swaying as well, very weird feeling
21. Turn back
Joseph ,   London UK   (05.13.12)
The same as transient ischaemic attacks or 'mini-strokes' often come before a full blown stroke, these smaller earthquakes could be a warning of worse to come. We must be prepared, and turn back to the Guardian of Israel Who neither slumbers nor sleeps.
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