A 5-degree earthquake on Richter’s open scale shook the Palestinian territories today, without causing damage, according to the American Geophysical Institute.
The earthquake, which was felt throughout the region around 12.38 local time (10.38 GMT), had its epicenter off the Lebanese coast, in the Mediterranean Sea. This is the second earthquake this week; the epicenter of the previous one was about 20 kilometers from the southern coast of Lebanon, and had an intensity of 4 degrees.
A 5-degree earthquake on Richter’s open scale shook the Palestinian territories today, without causing damage, according to the American Geophysical Institute.
The earthquake, which was felt throughout the region around 12.38 local time (10.38 GMT), had its epicenter off the Lebanese coast, in the Mediterranean Sea.
In Lebanon this earthquake caused four injuries, in the city of Baas, Tyre region, two are Palestinian refugees and one Lebanese, and in Sidon another person has been injured, according to the Lebanese broadcaster.
This is the second earthquake this week; the epicenter of the previous one was about 20 kilometers from the southern coast of Lebanon, and had an intensity of 4 degrees on the Richter scale.
Seismic movements are frequent in the region because the Syrian-African fault passes through it, where two tectonic plates come into contact, the Arabica and a smaller one that encompasses Sinai and Israel.