An intermediate quake hit Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine

The Lebanese people felt today at 5.35 a.m. an intermediate quake which also hit Jordan and Palestine.

A report by the national center for geo-physics in Bohnos said that a quake of 4.2 degree at Richter scale was recorded 2.35. ( GMT) today at dawn and lasted for nine seconds. The centre of the quake outside the Lebanese territories is situated at a depth of 15 Km in the northern east of the dead sea in Jordan, 235 Km from Bohnos earthquake center. The report said that the center of the quake is very close to that one registered on February 11 of 5 degree at Richter scale.

The Israeli Institute for land geo-physics in al-Ludd said that an earthquake of 4.7 degree at Richter scale hit yesterday the north of the Dead sea and the people in Jerusalem and in the central part of Palestinian as well as in the Jordan valley. People of Amman also felt the quake and some citizens of the city left their houses horrified to the streets seeking security.

The Jordan Valley, the dead sea, Wadi Araba and the Red Sea are all situated on the Syrian- African rift, which are the most active quakes areas in the world.