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A 3.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Saudi Arabia’s Northwest

An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Saudi Arabia on Friday.

The Saudi Geological Survey said in a statement, that the stations of the National Seismic Monitoring Network recorded a 3.6 degrees earthquake east of Al-Shannan, Hail region.

The Authority’s spokesman Tareq Aba Al Khail said that the situation is reassuring and is limited to the sensation of the tremor, and no aftershocks have been recorded.

Source: Qatar News Agency