An earthquake measuring 5.1 hits the UAE without damage

2014-05-27 2014-05-27T08:29:06Z
ديانا الحموري
ديانا الحموري
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ArabiaWeather.com - Around ten o'clock in the morning, local time, residents in various regions of the Emirates felt a slight earthquake that lasted for seconds.

And the "Emirates Today" website quoted the National Center of Meteorology and Seismology as saying that an earthquake was detected in the "Qeshm Island" region at 9:44 am in the morning with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale and a magnitude of 4 in the Ras Al Khaimah region at a depth of 10 km, which is about 120 kilometers away. meters from Ras Al Khaimah, and it was slightly felt in the Northern Emirates and Dubai and had no effect on the country.

Sharjah Police confirmed that a slight earthquake occurred in the Emirates, indicating that the tremor lasted for seconds and that there was no damage.

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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