The Beirut explosion ... is equivalent to an earthquake of 4.5 magnitude and was felt by the people of Cyprus

Written By وداد السعودي on 2020/08/04

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.

Arab Weather - The Jordanian Seismological Observatory, affiliated to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, recorded on Tuesday the explosion that occurred at the Beirut Port with seismic capacity equivalent to 4.5 on the Richter scale .

 

The head of the observatory, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Qaryouti, said in a press statement that the Jordanian earthquake monitoring stations recorded the explosion at 06:08 minutes, and that the explosion is equivalent to an earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale, describing the energy freed from the explosion by force

 

CNN reported that the Euro-Mediterranean Center for Seismology confirmed that the Beirut explosion was felt by Cyprus, which is located 240 km away.

 

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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