Small Quake Rattles Israel Jordan Valley

An earthquake registering 4.3 on the Richter scale shook Israel on Monday morning. No injuries or damage were reported. "I don't think we need to worry," said Ephraim Levy, the acting director of the Geophysical Institute of Israel. The earthquake originated in the Jordan Valley and was felt in cities including Nahariya, Haifa, Tel Aviv and Rehovot, Israel Radio reported. The Jordan Valley lies along the Syrian-African rift that runs from Syria through Lebanon, Israel and Jordan through the Red Sea and into Africa.

Source: ICEJ News. Small Quake Rattles Jordan Valley (3 October 2005) [FullText]