Magnitude 4.9 earthquake jolts Syria’s Hama
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1518466
An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 occurred around noon on Friday at 1:15 pm local time near Salamiyah, Hama province in west part of Syria, the Syrian Seismological Centre (SSC) reported.
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a very shallow depth of 7 km.
The intensity of this earthquake, which happened at around 13:15 Damascus time, was so strong that it was felt in other provinces adjacent to Hama, including Latakia.