4.2-magnitude earthquake hits Liwa Iskenderun

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale hit the Iskenderun region ( Alexandretta ) this morning.

The National Seismological Center said in a statement that the earthquake occured at 5:26 am today in Liwa Iskenderun, at a depth of 54 kilometers west of Idlib Governorate.

Director of the center, Dr. Raed Ahmed, noted in a statement to SANA on Saturday that, according to these data, the seismic situation is limited, medium earthquakes, and a number of weak ones, meaning that it takes the nature of interim stability.

Ahmed pointed out that the sea level is within the normal situation, calling not to be drawn into rumors or to believe them, and to rely only on the information provided by the center.

Inas Abdulkareem