A weak tremor was felt in Aleppo, 121 km from the epicenter. Residents of northern Israel and Lebanon also felt the tremors.
An earthquake measuring more than 5.0 on the Richter scale occurred in Syria. This was reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center and The Times of Israel.
The epicenter of the tremors was recorded near the city of Hama at 23:56 local time.
According to various monitoring services, the magnitude of the tremors ranged from 5.0 to 5.5 on the Richter scale.
The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude of 4.8.
It is known that a weak tremor was felt in Aleppo, 121 km from the epicenter. Residents of northern Israel and Lebanon also felt the tremors.
We remind you that on August 9, not far from the capital of Japan, Tokyo, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 occurred.
Earlier, on August 1, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred in Romania. The earthquake could be felt in the city of Nereju Mik (population 1500), located 5 km from the epicenter, and Nereju (population 4200) – 7 km away.
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Source: korrespondent
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