Earthquake Rattles Israel
No Damage Reported
Epicenter Was In Tel Aviv
Jul 7, 2004 12:48 pm US/Central
JERUSALEM (AP) A moderate earthquake shook Israel on Wednesday, but caused no damage or injuries, Israeli paramedics said.
The magnitude-4.7 quake was felt throughout the country, with its epicenter in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, Israel's seismological institute said. Buildings shook for several seconds.
A magnitude-5 quake can cause considerable damage in populated areas.
The quake was also felt in neighboring Jordan, where some residents in the capital, Amman, left their homes and went into the streets when they felt the tremor. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage there either.
Also in southern Lebanon people in villages bordering Israel said they felt a slight tremor.
An earthquake in Israel in March measured magnitude-3.2 and a magnitude-5.2 struck in February.
Israel and Jordan border the Syrian-African rift, a geological fault line that stretches from Syria to Mozambique and is often subject to tremors.
(© 2004 The Associated Press.
The 5.2 in February was under Jerusalem. The only lasting effects seem to have been a crack in the ceiling of Sharon's office; damage to the Temple Mount Wall; serious damage to the roof of the Dome of the Rock.
I wonder if any symbolic damage will be found from this quake under Tel Aviv. [Though of course it's considerably smaller.]