Regional quake: 5.2M earthquake hits northern, central Israel and surrounding countries
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Jordan-Syria region on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
Seismic waves are seen on a screen during a demonstration of an earthquake early warning system which triggers sirens if a nationwide network of 120 seismic monitoring stations detects a strong earthquake, at the Geological Survey of Israel in Jerusalem. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)Updated: 
