5.1 magnitude earthquake hits Hama city in Syria

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/08/16

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 recorded, on Friday afternoon, two earthquakes measuring 5.1 and 3.5 on the Richter scale, respectively, that struck the city of Hama in Syria.

The observatory explained in two separate statements that it "detected an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale" at "1:15 pm today, Friday, Amman time" in southeast Hama, Syria.

About 3 minutes later, the observatory said it had detected an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale in Hama as well, at 13:18 Amman time, at a depth of 5 km.

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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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