Four minor earthquakes in less than 24 hours shake the north of Israel

Four minor earthquakes shook northern Israel in a period of less than 24 hours Wednesday and Thursday night, although no injuries or injuries were reported. The rise in seismic activity has put the emphasis on preparing Israel for potentially devastating earthquakes in the future.

Shocks were felt in northern Israel as two magnitude 3.2 earthquakes north of Tiberius, about nine kilometers deep. These shocks occurred just hours after an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale struck a little louder, with shocks that would have been felt across the country 's the Dead Sea in Tel Aviv, as well as in Jordan and Lebanon. Earlier Wednesday, another magnitude 4.1 earthquake hit four kilometers deep in the Sea of ​​Galilee north, around 4:50 am local time (1:50 GMT), according to the Israel Geophysical Institute, with tremors in Northern Israel and Haifa Region

No incident of damage has been reported as a result of the incidents.

Israel is located along the Syrian-African border. fault line that runs along the border between Israel and Jordan. It is a part of the Great Rift Valley, encompbading the northern region of Syria in Mozambique.

Earthquakes in the region were felt periodically in Israel, but the country largely avoided a major disaster.

The last major earthquake in Israel occurred in 1927, when a magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook the region, killing 500 people and wounding 700.

The Israeli government began fund earthquake preparedness projects. earthquake in the future.

In 2016, disaster experts warned a parliamentary group that Israel was not ready to absorb the number of human casualties and the monetary damage that a major disaster could suffer.

School researchers The Sackler School of Medicine's leadership of Tel Aviv University found that the average Israeli was not prepared either for a natural disaster, particularly in terms of personal and professional preparation and acquisition of essential equipment.