Episode Details

Jerusalem sits on the Dead Sea Transform fault, and the last major quake was 1927 — magnitude 6.2. Daniel, a listener living there, wants to know what an earthquake actually feels like, not the Hollywood version. We explore the sensory reality: the P-wave jolt that feels like being hit by a truck, the S-wave roll that follows seconds later, and why the ground doesn't split open beneath you. From the faint rattle of a magnitude 2.5 to the visible ground waves of a 7.0+, we break down what survivors report at each level — and why seismologists track quakes nobody notices.