View of Eilat city, Israel. (Source: The Times of Israel)

In 1927, this area suffered an earthquake of magnitude 6.2, which killed 500 people and injured 700 others. Earlier, an earthquake in 1837 claimed the lives of 5,000 victims.

Statistics show that large earthquakes occur in Israel on a period of about 80 years.

The earthquake occurred in the context of Israel is responding to acute respiratory infections Covid-19. To date, Israel has recorded 8,018 cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection, including 46 deaths, 127 people in critical condition and 477 patients recovered.

In another development, an earthquake of magnitude 4.6 also occurred at the same time on April 5 in the coastal city of Aqaba in Jordan, with the epicenter about 60 km south of the city center. There has been no information about damage related to this earthquake.