ALBAWABA - A 4.2-magnitude earthquake rattled different areas in Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories early Wednesday.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), the tremor struck the eastern Mediterranean off the southern coast of Lebanon at 6:01 GMT.
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was felt in Israel on Wednesday morning, after it struck about 70 km west of Beirut, Lebanon.#Israel | #Earthquake https://t.co/kkt6aOgwQj
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) February 22, 2023
According to EMSC, the earthquake lasted for 10 seconds, but was felt by some residents in southern Lebanon, in particular Chouf and Sidon, as well as some residents of the capital Beirut, the northern part of the West Bank and Galilee in Israel.
4.2 Earthquake in the Sea, near Beirut and Sidon
— Ziad Saba (@zsaba36) February 22, 2023
A map of twenty earthquakes and tremors (image 3) show that theyre all happening along the BC-ZC fault that passes below Cyprus in the sea. So far the fault passing through mainland Lebanon and Syria to Jordan (Dea Sea Fault)+ pic.twitter.com/Gk4jayJGVa
There were no immediate reports on casualties or material loss.
On Monday, two earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.8 on the Richter scale hit Turkey and Syria and were said to have been felt in 10 neighboring countries, including Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.
Several aftershocks are recorded almost daily since a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6, killing more than 47,000 people in both countries and rendering more than 1 million homeless.
