A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tiberias in Israel on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 35.5216 East, latitude 32.8353 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:51:19 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000gf18. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gf18. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/18 / 2018-07-27 08:51:19 / July 27, 2018 @ 8:51 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayt Fūrīk, Ţūlkarm, . The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Irbid (c. 307 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Haifa (c. 267 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tyre (c. 135 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Nablus (c. 130 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from ‘Ajlūn (c. 125 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km N of Tiberias, Israel. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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