Earthquake hitting the Dead Sea area.

Earthquake hitting the Dead Sea area.

RAMALLAH-Palestine News Network

On Sunday, the Dead Sea area was rocked by a mild earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale.

According to the Palestinian National Seismological Observatory, "official agency", at 8:52 a.m. on Tuesday, a mild earthquake hit the Dead Sea area, measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale.

He explained that the depth of the epicenter was 11 kilometers below the Earth´s surface.