Two earthquakes hit the Jordan Valley, north of the Dead Sea, at a depth of 1 km

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2023/04/01

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.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - The Jordanian Seismological Observatory of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources recorded, on Saturday, two earthquakes that hit the Jordan Valley, north of the Dead Sea, at a depth of 1 km.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The director of the observatory, Ghassan Sweidan, told Roya: “The first earthquake occurred in the northern Dead Sea - the Jordan Valley at exactly 9:26 pm on Saturday, with a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale, and a depth of 1 km.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> While the second occurred in the Jordan Valley - north of the Dead Sea, at exactly 9:45 pm on Saturday, with a magnitude of 2.2 on the Richter scale, and a depth of 1 km, according to Sweidan.</p>

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