For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath have I spoken: Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; (Ezekiel 38:19)

A joint meeting of the IDF Home Front Command and Israeli emergency services was held Sunday night following four minor earthquakes in four days in the Holy Land, according to The Times of Israel. The four tremors, which all took place in northern Israel, have forced authorities to assess the readiness of the Israeli home front in the case of a major natural disaster.

The meeting was held at the Ministry of Home Front Defense following a request from Minister Gilad Erdan and was attended by representatives of Israel’s paramedic, firefighting and police services, and of the Defense, Health and Education ministries. The officials decided to continue monitoring the situation while increasing home front readiness for natural disasters, Army Radio reported.

For the second time Sunday, a minor earthquake shook northern Israel around 4 p.m., the fourth of its kind since Thursday.

No injuries or damage were reported, but Tiberias residents told Ynet that they felt the 3.6-magnitude quake. The first quake Sunday also registered 3.6 on the Richter scale quake. Both epicenters were near Kibbutz Ginosar, on the Sea of Galilee.

Similar earthquakes occurred Thursday and Saturday. Last Sunday, a 6.4-magnitude quake, centered in the Mediterranean Sea near Crete, was felt in Athens, Egypt and Israel. In September, an early-morning 3.5-magnitude quake was felt in the northern Dead Sea area, including in Jerusalem.

Israel held a massive Home Front drill last October, code-named Turning Point 6, which was aimed at raising the preparedness of citizens, local authorities, and emergency services for dealing with natural disasters.

The exercise exposed significant shortcomings in Israel’s ability to respond to natural and man-made disasters, particularly in the lack of coordination between the army, the police and emergency services.

One of the greatest challenges to Israel’s preparedness was the fact that the majority of buildings in the areas likely to be hit by earthquakes were built before the first Gulf War in 1990, and have not been properly reinforced to withstand earthquakes.

Should Israel, in fact, face an earthquake emergency, it would be necessary to receive a great deal of assistance from around the world in handling the damage and injuries, Channel 2 reported at the time.

“An earthquake in Israel is more dangerous than war,” the then chief of the Home Front Command warned.

Israel’s last major earthquake occurred in 1927. That quake was a 6.2 that left 500 dead and another 700 injured. According to a 2010 Haaretz report, major earthquakes strike Israel once every 80 years or so, meaning the country may be due for a serious natural disaster.