An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 Richter strikes the Arabian Sea and near the coasts of Oman and Yemen

Written By طقس العرب on 2024/03/01

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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arabia Weather - This evening, an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the Arabian Sea region off the coast of Yemen and Oman.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Seismic Center of Sultan Qaboos University recorded a moderate earthquake in the Arabian Sea with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale this evening, and the epicenter of the earthquake was about 729 km southeast of the city of Salalah.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The earthquake did not result in any human or material damage, according to Gulf media.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Earlier, a major earthquake struck southwest of the Arabian Peninsula, dividing the Red Sea along the fault line of the Red and Mediterranean Seas, which is a very complex mixture of multiple types and varying characteristics of igneous and metamorphic rocks, which are often of igneous origin and rarely... It is of sedimentary origin, in addition to a clear continental movement of the Arabian and African plates towards the north and east.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In another context, the Yemeni government announced that it was surprised by air attacks on a boat of Yemeni fishermen near the ship Rubimar, which led to the death and loss of some of them. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/earthquake-report-1-3-2024.jpeg" style="width: 850px; height: 1200px;" /></p>

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.


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