Two earthquakes recorded in Cyprus Tuesday not felt in Jordan

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Seismograph. (Photo: Alghad)
AMMAN — The seismological observatory Tuesday recorded two earthquakes in the southwestern region of the island of Cyprus, but no Jordanian reported feeling them, according to Jo24.اضافة اعلان

The first earthquake was recorded, at 10:11pm Amman time at a depth of 17km; it measured 4.8 on Richter scale.

At exactly 11:02pm Amman time, another earthquake of a magnitude of 4.0 on Richter scale was recorded southwest of Cyprus at a depth of 60km.

The two tremors were moderate and far from Jordan, the observatory said.

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