Two Small Earthquakes Happened In The UAE This Morning

The tremors occurred off the coast of Fujairah in the early hours of Monday

UAE residents and nationals in Fujairah certainly weren’t imagining things early this morning if they thought they woke up to the ground shaking…

It’s been reported that two small earthquakes hit off the coast of Dibba in the early hours of Monday, though they caused no damage and no one was hurt, according to Esquire Middle East.

A 3.1 Magnitude Earthquake on Richter scale is recorded in Dibba Al Fujairah at 04:54, 24/05/2021 “UAE time” According to the NCM “National Seismic Network”

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“A 3.1 Magnitude Earthquake on Richter scale is recorded in Dibba Al Fujairah at 04:54,” reports the National Center of Meterology on Twitter, quoting the National Seismic Network.

According to The National, earthquakes of this size are completely normal for this time of year and shouldn’t raise any concern, especially as Dibba lies on an “active fault line” where small tremors are likely to occasionally occur.

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