 TYRE, Lebanon - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the open-ended Richter scale rocked Lebanon on Friday, injuring 10 people and sending panicked residents out into the streets in the south of the country. The quake, which was also felt across the border in Israel and in the Gaza Strip, caused damage in a number of villages in southern Lebanon while buildings shook in the capital Beirut.
In the southern coastal city of Tyre, residents ran toward the seashore and began reciting verses of the Koran after the tremor struck, an AFP correspondent said.
| Right. The earth is shaking, the house is about to slide into a bottomless pit, and I'm gonna run around quoting the Koran. Grandmaw and the parakeet can fend for themselves. |
| Brilliant! Allan shook the world and you idjits went out and started chanting a bunch of verses! Lawzy you guys are dumb. |
Lebanon’s National Centre for Scientific Research said the quake had an intensity of 5.0 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre located 17 kilometres (10 miles) northeast of Tyre, adding that 10 people were slightly injured. ‘We expect another quake of similar magnitude or stronger in the next 24 hours,’ said centre director Mouin Hamzeh.
| "So you'd best memorize the Sura of the Cow real quick!" |
The tremor-the second in the region this week-hit at around 1030 GMT. Seismology experts in Israel warn of a major earthquake within years because of a major faultline in the region.
| Apparently the Halliburton Earthquake-Tsunami Division field office in Tel Aviv is open for business ... |
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