An Israeli missile strike caused a magnitude 3 earthquake near Tartus, according to witnesses who reported the event on the X network.
The earthquake was recorded on December 6 at 00:48 local time, coincided with a missile strike by the Israeli Air Force, as confirmed by monitoring services.
Target: Ammunition Depot Near Tartus
According to OSINT s(Open Source Intelligence) pecialists, the strike targeted an ammunition depot near the village of Bimalka, approximately 10 kilometers from Tartus.
The explosion was so powerful that it was detected 820 kilometers away in Iznik, Turkey. Monitoring service Volcano Discovery reported the explosion at a depth of 5 kilometers.
NASA’s FIRMS service, which tracks unusually high temperatures on the planet, pinpointed the explosion's epicenter at coordinates 34.924402, 35.991990.
The exact contents of the ammunition depot remain unknown, but OSINT specialists suggest it may have stored anti-ship missiles, artillery ammunition, and other weaponry.
According to Militarnyi, Russian-made Bastion and Soviet-made Yakhont anti-ship missiles, possibly belonging to Syria’s 107th Coast Guard Brigade, may also have been stored at the site.
Israel’s Strategic Strikes
Since the overthrow of the Assad regime, Israel has routinely conducted airstrikes on equipment storage facilities, naval bases, ships, aircraft, and other military assets in Syria.
Israel maintains that these strikes are intended to prevent advanced weaponry from falling into the hands of terrorist or paramilitary groups in the region.
Previously, Militarnyi reported that a massive Israeli strike on the Mezzeh airbase in Damascus destroyed several helicopters and damaged elements of Syria’s air defense systems. On December 8, Israeli forces carried out another devastating strike on the airbase, causing a large-scale detonation of ammunition.
