Jordanian Seismological Observatory: Earthquake centered in the Sea of Galilee

Written By هشام جمال on 2026/01/19

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Arab Weather - The Jordanian Seismological Observatory, affiliated with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, recorded today, Monday, an earthquake measuring 3 degrees on the Richter scale that occurred in the Sea of Galilee.

 

The head of the observatory, Engineer Ghassan Sweidan, said that the earthquake occurred at exactly 4:40 pm at a depth of 10 kilometers.

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.


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