An earthquake struck a short while ago off the Lebanese coast.

Written By هشام جمال on 2026/04/06

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Arab Weather - Earthquake observatories have just recorded an earthquake off the southern coast of Lebanon with a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale.

The earthquake occurred at 10:52 AM, approximately 56 kilometers west of the city of Sidon in Lebanon.

Many residents of Lebanon and rural Damascus in Syria, as well as residents of northern Palestine, reported feeling the earthquake.

No further details have been released yet.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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