Earthquakes recorded near the village lately, from the USGS feed — with the Roum-fault story behind them and the official channels that matter when the ground shakes.
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Small earthquakes are common across South Lebanon, and most are never felt. This page shows what the ground has actually been doing near Mazraat El Mechref lately — and, below it, why the village sits in earthquake country.
No earthquakes recorded near Mazraat El Mechref in the last 30 days.
Nothing of magnitude M3.0 or larger within 250 km of town. USGS data, as of 28 June at 20:26. A quiet spell is normal — the fault story below explains why this is still earthquake country.
This page is not an earthquake warning
Mazraat El Mechref sits close to the Roum fault — the westernmost branch of the Dead Sea Transform, the boundary where the Arabian and African plates grind past each other. It runs roughly north–south through South Lebanon, from above the Hula basin to the Awali river, only a few kilometres from the village.
Large earthquakes here are infrequent but real. The 1956 Chim earthquake, in the nearby Chouf, killed 136 people and destroyed about 6,000 homes — the worst in Lebanon since the 1837 shock of around magnitude 7, which the Roum fault may itself have caused. Geologists consider the fault capable of a magnitude 6 to 6.5 earthquake.
Almost every quake the feed above records is small and felt by few; a quiet month is normal. The reason to keep an eye on it is simply that the ground here is active. In a strong shake the standard advice is to drop, cover and hold on; afterwards, keep clear of cracked stone walls and war-damaged buildings until someone has checked them.
Checked 28 June at 20:26. Earthquake data from USGS (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain). Magnitude, depth and felt intensity are revised as analysis improves, and very fresh quakes can take minutes to appear.