Jordan records 92 seismic activities since beginning of 2024
09-07-2024 10:29 AM
Ammon News - The Jordanian Seismological Observatory (JSO), a branch of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, has recorded 419 seismic activities since the beginning of 2024, including 92 local earthquakes throughout the Kingdom and neighboring border areas.
In its report, the JSO recorded 192 regional earthquakes, most of which were concentrated in the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions, while the number of distant earthquakes reached 132 regional earthquakes, concentrated in Turkey, Greece and Iran.
The local earthquakes were concentrated in the areas of Wadi Araba, the Jordan Valley, Carmel, Tiberias and the adjacent border areas, in addition to the Dead Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba and the adjacent southern border areas, and the Sarhan and Zarqa Valleys, the report indicated.