Moderate quake shakes Rehovot, Israel. No damage reported

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale caused tremors throughout the northern half of the country at 7:10 a.m. Monday. The quake was felt at the same time in Nahariya on the Lebanese border and in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, Monday morning. The Israel Police reported that no one was injured and no damage was sustained in the quake. According to the Seismological Department of Israel's Geophysical Institute, the epicenter was approximately 30 kilometers north of the Dead Sea.

Source: Yakoov Katz and JPost.com staff. Moderate quake shakes Israel, no damage reported. JPost.com (3 October 2005) [FullText]