Saudi Arabia | An earthquake of magnitude 3.1 Richter was felt by residents of Abha and Khamis Mushait

2020-10-28 2020-10-28T13:48:57Z
سنان خلف
سنان خلف
محرر أخبار جوية- قسم التواصل الاجتماعي

Arab Weather - The stations of the National Seismic Monitoring Network at the National Center of Earthquakes and Volcanoes of the Saudi Geological Survey today, Wednesday, recorded an earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale and 2.5 kilometers deep, 10 kilometers south of Khamis Mushait in the Asir region.

The authority’s spokesman, Tariq Aba Al-Khail, told the newspaper “Sabb”: The cause of this earthquake is due to the stress resulting from the tensile strength due to the expansion of the Red Sea floor from the western direction This causes the faults to reactivate in that area, whether they are parallel or perpendicular to the Red Sea.

He added: This earthquake is considered weak on the Richter scale, and no damages have been recorded so far.

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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