Mag. 4.1 earthquake - 18 km northeast of Hama, Syria, on Monday, 30 Nov 2020 3:47 pm (GMT +2) -

Mag. 4.1 earthquake - 18 km northeast of Hama, Syria, on Monday, 30 Nov 2020 3:47 pm (GMT +2)

Light magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 2 km depth

30 Nov 13:51 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 5 minutes.
30 Nov 14:08: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 8.0 km (from 3.1 to 5 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 13 km (8.3 mi) towards S.
30 Nov 14:18: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 8.0 to 2.0 km (from 5 to 1.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.4 km (1.5 mi) towards NNE.
Date & time: 30 Nov 2020 13:47:04 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Monday, 30 Nov 2020 3:47 pm (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 4.1
Depth: 2.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.25°N / 36.9°E (Hama, Syria)
Nearest volcano: Unnamed 36.67°N/37.00°E (147 km / 91 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
15 km (9 mi) ESE of Şūrān (pop: 30,700) --> See nearby quakes!
15 km (9 mi) ESE of Souran (pop: 30,700) --> See nearby quakes!
17 km (11 mi) E of Ţayyibat al Imām (محردة) (pop: 29,300) --> See nearby quakes!
18 km (11 mi) NE of Hama (pop: 460,600) --> See nearby quakes!
27 km (17 mi) E of Ḩalfāyā (Muhradah) (pop: 23,400) --> See nearby quakes!
30 km (19 mi) NNW of Salamiyah (pop: 94,900) --> See nearby quakes!
30 km (19 mi) ESE of Kafr Zaytā (Muhradah) (pop: 21,800) --> See nearby quakes!
31 km (19 mi) SE of Khan Shaykhun (pop: 49,000) --> See nearby quakes!
108 km (67 mi) SSW of Aleppo (pop: 1,602,300) --> See nearby quakes!
201 km (125 mi) NNE of Damascus (pop: 1,569,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds 17.2°C (63 F), humidity: 49%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from ENE
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.12 km- 16 km ENE of Ḩamāh, SyriaEMSC
M 4.162 kmSURIYE, SyriaKOERI-RETMC
M 4.210 kmJordan/Syria RegionGFZ
M 4.413 km16 Km ENE of Ḩamāh, SyriaUSGS

User reports for this quake (7)

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hama, syria / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 10-15 s : i was studying, my desk and i started shaking then i heard a very loud sound much like the sound of thunder
Soran (12.4 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s
99.9 km WSW of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / very short (reported through our app)
Soran (12.8 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s
hama (16.4 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 2-5 s
Jacksonville florida / not felt / 5-10 s : accidentally posted. wanted to see what it showed aka a test
Lattakia / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 2-5 s
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Mag. 4.1 earthquake - 18 km northeast of Hama, Syria, on Monday, 30 Nov 2020 3:47 pm (GMT +2)
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    | Mag |
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    Age
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    Distance
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    | 5.8 |
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    70 years ago
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    | 5.7 |
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