4.6-magnitude earthquake hits Aqaba, Jordan

  • 2/25/2023
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Amman, April 5, April 05, 2020, SPA -- A 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck the southern city of Aqaba in Jordan early Sunday, the city's governor Ghassan Al-Kayed said. "No casualties or physical damage were reported, but residents of the city felt the earthquake which took place at 8:05 am (local time), forcing some of them to run into the streets for fear of any aftershock," he added. "The quake was recorded at a depth of 8 kilometers in an area 30 km south of Aqaba," the Jordan Seismological Observatory (JSO) director, Mahmoud Qaryouti, said. --SPA 10:29 LOCAL TIME 07:29 GMT 0003 www.spa.gov.sa/w1301119

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