A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tiberias in Israel. Exact location of earthquake, 35.5051° East, 32.8179° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 19:45:40 / July 4, 2018 @ 7:45 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000fx3m. Event ids that are associated: us2000fx3m. The temblor was detected at 21:45:40 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zarqa, Bīr Zayt, Dārayyā (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Israel (c. 7 354 000 pop), Jordan (c. 6 407 000 pop), Lebanon (c. 4 125 000 pop), Palestinian Territory (c. 3 800 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 99 km (62 miles) from Zarqa (c. 792 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Irbid (c. 307 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Haifa (c. 267 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Netanya (c. 171 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sidon (c. 163 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tyre (c. 135 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Nablus (c. 130 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km NW of Tiberias, Israel. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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