Urgent A slight earthquake measuring 3 degrees in the Gulf of Aqaba

Written By وداد السعودي on 2020/04/16

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Arab Weather - Egyptian and Saudi earthquake observatories recorded a slight light tremor measuring 3 on the Richter scale in the Aqaba Gulf region, and there was no report of citizens feeling about it.

The tremor occurred at 11:52 am on Thursday 16-4-2020 local time and at a depth of 20 km.

It is noteworthy that the regions of the eastern basin of the Mediterranean, including the Kingdom, have been subject to seismic activity for about a month.

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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