Earthquake hits al-Qunfudhah city in Saudi Arabia

SANAA, April 23 (YPA) – Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) On Wednesday confirmed an earthquake east of Al Qunfudhah city at a depth of 9 km.

The national earthquake monitoring network stations recorded an earthquake on Wednesday evening in eastern Al Qunfudhah province measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale and a depth of 9 km,” said Tariq Abba al-Khailil, spokesman for the Authority.

He confirmed that this was not the first time that frequent seismic activity occurred at intervals.

The last earthquake in Saudi Arabia was on Monday, February 17, northwest of Medina.

“The earthquake measured 2.18 on the Richter scale and at a depth of 5.4 kilometers. It took place at 11 o’clock,” the geological survey said on its Twitter account.

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