Mild Quake Felt in Beirut, Mount Lebanon
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.1 struck north the capital Beirut and Mount Lebanon early Friday morning.
Lebanon's state-run Bhannes Center for Seismic and Scientific Research said that “a 3.1 magnitude earthquake was felt by Beirut residents at 2:40 a.m.”
The center added that the earthquake struck between Beirut and the Keserwan town of Ajaltoun.”
It considered the quake as “normal,” adding that there are “over 600 earthquakes with magnitude under 3 degrees that hit Lebanon each year.”
Earlier, Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported that the earthquake was felt around 3:00 a.m.
In 1956 a 6 degrees on the Richter scale earthquake struck Lebanon, killing 136 people and destroying 6,000 houses.
In 2008, 800 tremors ranging in magnitude from 2.3-5.1 degrees on the Richter scale had shaken the south Lebanon regions of Tyre and Nabatiyeh.
In 2012, two earthquakes were felt in Beirut, some towns in Zahle, Mount Lebanon, Nabatiyeh, Sidon, Tyre and Tripoli.
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