Unconfirmed earthquake or seismic-like event: West Bank, Palestinian Territories, 4.1 km south of Salem, Israel, Friday, Jun 10, 2022 at 4:42 am (GMT +3) -

10 Jun 01:47 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 5 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jun 10, 2022 01:42:10 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Jun 10, 2022 at 4:42 am (GMT +3)
Status	uncertain, preliminary
Magnitude	unknown
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	31.73258°N / 35.22172°E (West Bank, Palestinian Territories)
Antipode	31.733°S / 144.778°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	6 reports
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	Jabal ad Druze (148 km / 92 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	4 km (2 mi) NNE of Belem (pop: 29,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 4 km (3 mi) S of Salem (Jerusalem, Israel) (pop: 801,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 6 km (4 mi) SW of Al ‘Ayzarīyah (pop: 17,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) S of Ar Rām wa Ḑāḩiyat al Barīd (Gaza Strip) (pop: 24,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) S of Ramala (pop: 24,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) NNE of Hebron (pop: 160,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) SW of Jericho (pop: 19,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) NNE of Yaţţā (pop: 41,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 22.7°C (73 F), humidity: 45%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from NNW
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Seismic station: GEOFON Station Eilat, Israel (EIL/GE network) | Distance from quake: 231 km / 143 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station GEOFON Station Eilat, Israel: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Rehovot (42.6 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Was sleeping and cabinet glass doors shakes and made noise for few seconds!!!

Palestine (3.8 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s : Bed shakes

Jerusalem, Israel (7.6 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 5-10 s : Felt my whole bed rock gently back and forth

Jerusalem / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s

Bet shemesh / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 20-30 s

Cairo / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s

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