DAMASCUS, Dec. 31 (SANA) Syria’s National Seismological Center said on Tuesday it recorded a 3.9-magnitude earthquake in the Mediterranean Sea, about 28 kilometers west of the coastal city of Latakia in western Syria.
The center said the tremor struck at a depth of 6.6 kilometers and caused no casualties.
In a statement to SANA, the center’s director, Jamal Zakour, said such tremors are routinely registered in the Mediterranean basin, which lies within a well-known seismically active zone intersected by several active faults.
He added that the quake was monitored through the center’s seismic observation stations.
The Ministry of Emergency Management and Syria’s disaster response agency are working to strengthen seismic monitoring and early-warning systems, and to raise institutional preparedness to ensure public safety and rapid response to any potential emergencies.
