A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from ‘Eilabun in Israel. Exact location of event, longitude 35.4109 East, latitude 32.8084 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:50:08 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 01:50:08 / July 4, 2018 @ 1:50 am. 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). Unique identifier: us2000fwfr. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fwfr.
Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Irbid (c. 307 500 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Haifa (c. 267 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Netanya (c. 171 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sidon (c. 163 600 pop), 56 km (34 miles) from Tyre (c. 135 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Nablus (c. 130 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rosh Ha‘Ayin, Banī Zayd ash Shārqīyah, Kafr Qāsim (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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 SSE of ‘Eilabun, Israel. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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