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Earthquake of Magnitude 4 on the Richter Scale Strikes the Dead Sea


Thu 15 Jan 2026 | 10:36 AM
 the Dead Sea
the Dead Sea
Amir Hagag

The Jordanian Seismological Observatory, affiliated with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, recorded an earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea on Thursday.

The head of the observatory, Engineer Ghassan Sweidan, stated in a press release on Thursday that the earthquake occurred at 10:00 AM local time in the Jordanian capital, Amman, at a depth of 17 kilometers.