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

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.

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.

The earthquake did not result in any human or material damage, according to Gulf media.

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.

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.