AMMAN – The
Jordan Seismological Observatory (JSO) has
recorded 104 earthquakes within the borders of the Kingdom and its surrounding
area, Palestine, the Red Sea, and Syria during the first four months this year.
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According to
JSO President Ghassan Sweidan the majority of
the recorded earthquakes were of a low magnitude, measuring between 4.5 and 1.7
on the Richter scale, the Jordan News Agency, Petra reported.
He added the
seismic equipment in Jordan are able to monitor
tremors and earthquakes that reach as far as east of Australia and even far
west of Canada.
Round-the-clock monitoringJSO, which operates under the
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources continuously monitors, records, and analyzes local, regional, and
global seismic activity round-the-clock through its 23
seismic monitoring stations that are spread throughout the Kingdom.
The observatory and its main center in the
Ministry of Energy monitors, records and analyzes local, regional and global seismic
activity using the latest international devices and technologies around the
clock through 23 seismic monitoring stations distributed throughout the
Kingdom.
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