Jordan... 9 earthquakes were monitored in the north of the kingdom at dawn and Wednesday morning

2018-07-04 2018-07-04T13:58:23Z
وداد السعودي
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Weather of Arabia - This morning, Wednesday, the Kingdom was subjected to several earthquakes, the epicenter of which was the Sea of Galilee region, without any reports of injuries or material losses .

The director of the Jordan Seismological Observatory, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Qaryouti, said in press statements that the first earthquake occurred at 4:50 am with a magnitude of 4.2, followed by another eight minutes later, at the same place, with a magnitude of 3.2 .

The two earthquakes were followed by seven more between 6:52 and 8:57 am local time, Amman, with a magnitude ranging between 3.1 and 4.1 on the Richter scale .

Residents of northern Jordan, especially in the city of Irbid, felt the tremors, as well as residents of the Galilee region, north of Lake Tiberias .

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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