Observatory detects 3.4-magnitude earthquake in south of Jordan

Jordan News

last updated: Aug 08,2023

Seismograph earthquake — (File photo: Jordan News)

AMMAN — The Jordanian Seismological Observatory at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources detected an earthquake on Tuesday, August 8, measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale in Wadi Araba, south of the Kingdom.اضافة اعلان

Ghassan Sweidan, president of the observatory, stated that the earthquake was recorded at 8:29 a.m. and occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers, indicating that it was a weak to moderate earthquake that most residents did not feel, Jordan News Agency Petra, reported.

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