# Earthquakes played at most a local role.

> Most likely: Earthquakes played at most a local role.

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Answer · Late Bronze Age collapse

# Earthquakes played at most a local role.

Earthquakes played at most a local role.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Most destruction layers show fire and human action rather than seismic collapse.

## What would rule it out

- Seismic features shown to be common across the destruction layers.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The proponents themselves describe the evidence as not conclusive.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D4653NM086E/the-proponents-themselves-describe-the-evidence-as-not)

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## The questions it answers

[Did an earthquake storm destroy many of the sites?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464P040RGM/did-an-earthquake-storm-destroy-many-of-the-sites)

Part of [What was the principal cause of the end of the Late Bronze Age palace system in the eastern Mediterranean?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464MS26SDY/what-was-the-principal-cause-of-the-end-of-the-late-bronze)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Earthquakes played at most a local role. [Answer ANS0D4653DT2PN0]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D4653DT2PN0
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