Ammon News - Jordanians in various parts of the Kingdom reported feeling a mild earthquake tremor early Monday morning, after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Egypt.

Residents in Palestine, Lebanon, and Cyprus also reported feeling the tremor.

Head of the Jordanian Seismological Observatory of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ghassan Sweidan, told "Ammon News" that residents in the Jordanian city of Aqaba felt the earthquake that struck Egypt’s Suez region.

Citizens also confirmed feeling the tremor in other areas of the Kingdom, including the city of Salt.

Sweidan said the Jordan Seismological Observatory recorded the earthquake that hit Suez at a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, with a depth of 10 kilometer.

An earthquake measuring 5.6 ‌in magnitude struck 38 km (24 miles) north of the Egyptian city of Suez ​just after 3:00 a.m. (0000 ​GMT) on Monday, Egypt's National Research ⁠Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics ​said.

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 (6 miles).