An earthquake was felt in the village of Salamiyah near the city of Hama in central Syria, according to an Arabic-language channel. No reports of casualties or damage are yet available.
An earthquake was felt this morning in the village of Salamiyah, located in the Hama governorate in central Syria. The report comes via the Arabic-language a monitored channel, which cited an individual report (Ohr Ben Yehezkel). No magnitude has been specified in the initial report, and there are no immediate reports of casualties or structural damage. The event is not near any known Israeli security fronts and appears to be a natural seismic occurrence.
The Zioneer has previously covered several seismic events in the broader Middle East, including a magnitude 4.6 quake in northern Syria in June and a magnitude 5.0 quake in southern Iran. Those events were unrelated to this one. No prior reporting on this specific area exists in the archive.
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