Tremors were reportedly felt in southern Israel and the Dead Sea area in the early morning hours on Monday after an earthquake struck Egypt.
An earthquake measuring 5.6 in magnitude struck 38 km. north of the Egyptian city of Suez, Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics said.
The Egyptian Red Crescent said it activated its emergency response plan in the governorates where the quake was felt, but that it had so far received no reports of casualties or damage to property.
The institute said it had received no reports of casualties or damage to property.
The Egyptian Red Crescent said it activated its emergency response plan in the governorates where the quake was felt. It urged residents to avoid buildings showing signs of structural damage and to follow official updates as authorities continued to assess the situation.
The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) measured the earthquake at magnitude 5.4 and said it struck at a depth of 10 km.
An alert recieved on Android devices in Israel said that an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale had occured in Egypt.
Israel's Home Front Command Center said that there were no warnings regarding potential additional earthquakes in Israel, adding that the earthquake occured in the Sinai Peninsula.
This is a developing story.