Residents in the north reported Monday on an earthquake in the Galilee region. The Geophysical Institute confirmed the reports and later said it had measured 3.1 on the Richter scale.
The person on call at the Institute noted that after the reports were received, she called the team which measures the strength of the quake and locates its epicenter. Dr. Rami Hofstetter, head of the Geophysical Institute''s Seismological Division, said the epicenter was around Kibbutz Yiron in the Upper Galilee."
