Magnitude 3.6 quake in Lebanon felt in northern Israel

No damage or injuries reported as temblor strikes some 20 kilometers north of Israeli border

By ToI Staff 20 November 2016, 4:24 am

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Residents of northern Israel found their homes shaking early Sunday from a relatively mild earthquake centered on nearby southern Lebanon.

According to Hebrew media outlets, the 3.6-magnitude quake occurred at 1:37 a.m. local time on Sunday.

There were no damage or injuries reported in Israel, nor any immediate reports of harm from Lebanese media.

“The whole house shook. The bookshelf really moved and made noise,” the daily Israel Hayom quoted one northern resident from the Safed area saying online.

A map produced by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) located the epicenter some 12 kilometers (7 miles) southwest of the town of Nabatiye el-Tahta, roughly halfway toward coastal Tyre and some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Israeli border.