World · 11 September 2026
Israel's tunnel blast in Lebanon registered as an earthquake
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Israel detonated more than 1,100 tons of explosives beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon on Thursday, destroying about two kilometres of tunnels it says Hezbollah built. The blast was powerful enough to register as a magnitude 4.1 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey, and was felt across the Nabatieh region. No casualties were reported, and Israel-Lebanon talks resume in Rome next week.
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