Jordan - An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded, south of Aqaba

Written By طقس العرب on 2023/05/16

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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - The Jordanian Seismological Observatory recorded an earthquake at 10:06 pm today, Tuesday.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the center&#39;s director, Ghassan Sweidan, the tremor was recorded with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale and a depth of 20 km.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to Sweidan, the earthquake is 110 km south of the city of Aqaba/Gulf of Aqaba. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/jordan-earthquake.jpg" style="width: 741px; height: 1200px;" /></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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