A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ḩamāh in Syria. The temblor was detected at 13:47:04 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000cl5n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cl5n. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/20 / 2020-11-30 13:47:04 / November 30, 2020 @ 1:47 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.96 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 12.96 km, 36.9213° East, 35.1962° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, Syria (c. 22 198 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Homs (c. 775 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from (c. 460 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Idlib (c. 128 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from As Salamīyah (c. 94 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Jablah (c. 65 900 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Ar Rastan (c. 53 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ma‘arratmişrīn, Jablah, Bāniyās.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km ENE of Ḩamāh, Syria.
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