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Waste / landfill · 17 Feb 2023

Methane plume detected in Palestine

On 17 Feb 2023, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 818 kg/h from a waste site or landfill.

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818 kg/h
± 218 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 19.6 tonnes of methane.

Detected
17 Feb 2023 · 11:15 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Waste / landfill
Wind
Plume drifting towards the S · 1.8 m/s
Coordinates
32.38035, 35.20875
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UNEP plume ID
4a82a9ef-abd1-497c-8381-965f6b94ed15

Likely operator

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Emitting site

PSE_S_001 · Landfill
24 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 4a82a9ef-abd1-497c-8381-965f6b94ed15, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/4a82a9ef-abd1-497c-8381-965f6b94ed15), accessed 4 Oct 2026.