Magnitude 3.1 earthquake southwest of Jeddah

Written By ديانا الحموري on 2014/10/27

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com- The stations of the National Seismic Monitoring Network of the <strong>Saudi</strong> Geological Survey recorded an earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale, southwest of Jeddah Governorate.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The tremor occurred on Sunday evening at a depth of 32 km in the Red Sea, 213 km southwest of Jeddah.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It lasted for seconds, but no information was received about any damage or injuries, thank God.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Related topics:</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/شاهد-كيف-اهتز-المنزل-لحظة-وقوع-زلزال-لوس-انجلوس"><strong>Watch how the house shook at the moment of the Los Angeles earthquake</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/كيف-نتصرف-في-حال-الشعور-بوقوع-زلزال؟"><strong>How do we act when an earthquake occurs?</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/فيديو-شاهد-كيف-انهار-القصر-الرئاسي-بعد-زلزال-بقوة-7-درجات"><strong>Video: Watch how the presidential palace collapsed after a 7-magnitude earthquake</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

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