المملكة: "today" Monitoring seismic activity in the Kingdom during 2025… and the Eastern Province records 5 tremors
Saw Saudi Arabia During 2025, many The Eastern Region, with a strength of 4 on the Richter scale.
The Saudi Geological Survey statement on the X application stated: "The stations of the National Seismic Monitoring Network recorded an earthquake in the Eastern Region this morning, Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 01:11:23, approximately 9 kilometers east of Haradh, with a seismic magnitude of 4 on the Richter scale."
The earthquake in Al Sharqiya today was not the first. On the morning of Friday, April 4, the authority announced that the stations recorded an earthquake in the Arabian Gulf at 02:39:39, with a seismic magnitude of 4 on the Richter scale, about 55 km east of the city of Jubail in the Eastern Province.
It explained that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.3 kilometers with a magnitude of 4 on the Richter scale. Richter scale.
Earthquake in the Arabian Gulf
In another incident, the stations of the National Seismic Monitoring Network of the Authority recorded an earthquake in the Arabian Gulf on the evening of last April 22, with a seismic magnitude of 4.36 on the Richter scale, 66 km east of the city of Jubail.
While last October 19 witnessed another earthquake, as the spokesman for the Saudi Geological Survey, Tariq Aba Al Khail, said that it was detected An earthquake measuring 4.34 in the Arabian Gulf, 160 kilometers northeast of Khafji, at 12:27 am.
The stations also recorded, on Friday evening, June 13, 2025, a mild earthquake in the Arabian Gulf at 21:50:17, measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale.
Earthquake Jizan
The authority explained that the epicenter of the earthquake occurred within the waters of the Arabian Gulf, and no significant effects were recorded on the nearby coastal areas or infrastructure.
In western Jizan, the National Seismic Monitoring Network monitored, on the evening of Tuesday, July 29, 2025, an earthquake in the southern Red Sea, with a magnitude of 4.68 on the Richter scale.
The authority explained that the earthquake occurred at 15:04:25, about 150 kilometers west of Jizan city, without recording any impacts on the nearby coastal areas.
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