The Jordan Seismological Observatory has recorded 1,227 earthquakes from the beginning of 2025 until the end of November, according to its director, Ghassan Sweidan.
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Sweidan told Al-Mamlaka that these earthquakes included local, regional, and distant events, with 102 local earthquakes, 562 regional, and 563 distant.
He explained that the local earthquakes occurred across several areas in Jordan:
19 in the Dead Sea region
10 in Aqaba and the Red Sea
13 in Wadi Araba
21 in the Jordan Valley and Tiberias
3 in the Ruweished and Sarhan areas
36 in nearby surrounding regions
The strongest among these was an earthquake in the Gulf of Aqaba, about 60 km from the Jordanian coast, with a magnitude ranging between 1 and 4.2 on the Richter scale.
Sweidan added that the 562 regional earthquakes had magnitudes between 3 and 6.2, with most occurring in the Mediterranean region. The distant earthquakes recorded magnitudes between 4.2 and 7.5, with the majority happening in eastern Russia.
Regarding unusual seismic activity, Sweidan confirmed that no abnormal seismic patterns were observed within Jordan during this period, noting that the recorded activity falls within the normal range in terms of frequency and magnitude.
He also pointed out that the level of local seismic activity in 2025 was lower than in 2024, emphasizing that overall seismic activity in Jordan remains typical and not unusual.
