The 1068 Near East earthquake, or more likely two successive events in adjacent parts of the same region, occurred on the morning of 18 March and on 29 May, 1068 in the Near East, and are often amalgamated by contemporary sources. The first event had its epicentre somewhere in the northwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula around Tabuk, while the second had its worse effect on the city of Ramla in Palestine, some 500 km farther northwest.