US embassy cable - 04AMMAN5623

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QUAKE SHAKES AMMAN: NO DAMAGE REPORTED

Identifier: 04AMMAN5623
Wikileaks: View 04AMMAN5623 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Amman
Created: 2004-07-07 15:48:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: SENV AMGT EAID JO
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

071548Z Jul 04
UNCLAS AMMAN 005623 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARN, OBO/FAC, OES 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV, AMGT, EAID, JO 
SUBJECT: QUAKE SHAKES AMMAN: NO DAMAGE REPORTED 
 
REF: AMMAN 1080 
 
 1.  At 17:35 local, on Wednesday, July 7, a 4.6 magnitude 
earthquake was felt in Amman.  The Jordan Seismological 
Observatory of the Natural Resources Authority and the Public 
Security Directorate told us that no damage has so far been 
reported in Amman or elsewhere. 
 
2.  The epicenter of the quake was located in the northern 
Dead Sea region, between Al-Karama and the Dead Sea itself. 
This location was farther north than the February 11 4.9 
magnitude quake reported in reftel. 
 
3.  A Seismological Observatory official passed to Embassy 
his initial assessment that such small quakes help relieve 
the strains on faults and are not generally of concern. 
GNEHM 

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