Saudi Arabia | 7172 earthquakes in Saudi Arabia during 2018

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is exposed on a daily basis to earthquakes and light earthquakes in different regions, which are mostly imperceptible and do not cause any kind of concern, and the stations of the National Seismic Monitoring Network of the Saudi Geological Survey recorded 7172 earthquakes for the year 2018 inside the plate Arabia and its environs.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Tariq Aba Al-Khail, the official spokesman for the Saudi Geological Survey and the Saudi Press Agency, explained that the number of earthquakes reached Harrat Al-Shaqa 3027 earthquakes, and the maximum seismic magnitude reached 2.7 degrees on the Richter scale, followed by seismic activity in the Haradh region, and the number of earthquakes reached 1316 earthquakes, reaching the maximum magnitude An earthquake of 3.5 degrees on the Richter scale, while in the north of the Red Sea 1066 earthquakes were observed, with a maximum seismic magnitude of 2.9 degrees on the Richter scale, then in the Gulf of Aqaba 376 earthquakes, and a maximum seismic magnitude of 3.3 degrees on the Richter scale, then in the southeast of Umluj 338 earthquakes, with a maximum magnitude Seismic magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He added that north of Umluj recorded 314 earthquakes, with a maximum seismic magnitude of 2.1 on the Richter scale, Harat Khaybar, 28 earthquakes with a maximum magnitude of 1.8 on the Richter scale, while the center of the Red Sea recorded 50 earthquakes, with a maximum seismic magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale. Al-Namas recorded 46 earthquakes, with a maximum seismic magnitude of 2.0 on the Richter scale, while Jazan recorded 32 earthquakes with a maximum of 2.6 on the Richter scale. He indicated that the stations of the National Seismic Monitoring Network recorded 32 earthquakes in the south of the Red Sea, with a maximum seismic magnitude of 2.9 on the Richter scale, and Hart Hatima 52, with a maximum seismic magnitude of 2.4 on the Richter scale, as well as Hart Awerid, 10 earthquakes, with a maximum magnitude. seismic to 1.6 on the Richter scale.</p>