‘Whole house shook’: Minor earthquake shakes northern Israel

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Residents of northern Israel reported a slight earthquake late Saturday night.

The earthquakes were felt by the Israelis in Tiberias, Safed, Haifa, the Jordan Valley and Beit Shean.

There were no reports of injuries or damage, and no warnings of disturbances at sea.

The Israel Geological Survey said the 3.7-magnitude quake began at 11:36 pm on Saturday.

The epicenter of the quake was about 19 kilometers northeast of Beit She’an, near Israel’s border with Jordan. A series of fault lines runs along the Red Sea, the Dead Sea, and the Jordan Valley, causing geological activity in the area.

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Police said they received dozens of calls to the emergency hotline.

Residents reported shaking for several seconds causing furniture to be changed inside their homes.

“It went on for a relatively long time,” a Haifa resident told Walla News. “My desk was moving on its own for four or five seconds.”

“The whole house shook, the bed, the room.”

My whole body was trembling with fear. I started grabbing my kids out. The bed really moved. “All the windows were shaking,” said a woman from Tiberias.

Map of the felt report received after M4.1 20 minutes ago. No damage reported and major damage is extremely rare for such a mag pic.twitter.com/vWC0AD281b

– EMSC (@LastQuake) Jan 22, 2022

Earlier this month, a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Cyprus. It was felt by Israel, Lebanon and neighboring Turkey.

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