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In this photo from Friday, December 8, 2017, an aerial view shows the Jordan River estuary of the Sea of Galilee near the village of Karkom, north of Israel AP Photo / Oded Balilty
The magnitude 4.1 earthquake rocked northern Israel early Wednesday morning, authorities said, without any damage.
The earthquake struck four kilometers deep in the Sea of Galilee. According to the Israel Geophysical Institute, tremors have occurred in northern Israel and the coastal region of Haifa.
Israel is located along the Syrian-African rift 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 periodically felt in Israel, including following a magnitude 5.0 earthquake northeast of Dhahab in Egypt and a magnitude earthquake 3.6 in southern Lebanon in 2016.
In July 2015, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck the Dead Sea and earthquakes shook the country
Preparedness projects in anticipation of the possibility of a larger earthquake in the future.
In 1927, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook the region, killing 500 people and injuring 700 others.
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