Twin Earthquakes Strikes The Arabian Gulf

ُُExactly at 6:49 Am, Sunday 16th January 2021, a 4.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded on the Ritcher scale in the Arabian Gulf; according to the UAEs' national center for meteorology NCM, the earthquake hit the depth of 10Km.

A 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake on Richter scale is recorded in Arabian Gulf at 06:49, 16/01/2022 "UAE time” According to the NCM “National Seismic Network”

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After that, another earthquake struck the Northern Arabian Gulf on Sunday, Measuring five, which occurred at a depth of 10 KM off the coast of Iran at 6:49 Am.

A 5.0 Magnitude Earthquake on Richter scale is recorded in Arabian Gulf at 08:25, 16/01/2022 "UAE time” According to the NCM “National Seismic Network”

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There is no current impact reported for UAE, Said the Director of the NCM (National Centre of Meteorology’s Seismology department); however, it is not common for two earthquakes to hit the sea on the same day.

The earthquakes are not massive or of a danger that would cause a tsunami. The Arabian Gulf is shallow compared to the Pacific ocean and Atlantic ocean; that is why tsunamis are unlikely to occur, according to the NCM.

It did, however, once occur in the Arabian sea back in 1945 when a strong earthquake hit Pakistan with 8.1 magnitudes; a tsunami resulted in Oman and Seychelles 3400 Km away because of that earthquake.